Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Taza D. Schaming, Diana F. Tomback, and Teresa J. Lorenz
Version: 2.0 — Published April 26, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | trencanous americà |
| Dutch | Grijze Notenkraker |
| English | Clark's Nutcracker |
| English (United States) | Clark's Nutcracker |
| Finnish | amerikanhakki |
| French | Cassenoix d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Cassenoix d'Amérique |
| German | Kiefernhäher |
| Icelandic | Kjarnabrjótur |
| Japanese | ハイイロホシガラス |
| Norwegian | konglekråke |
| Polish | orzechówka popielata |
| Russian | Американская кедровка |
| Serbian | Američka lešnikara |
| Slovak | orešnica borovicová |
| Spanish | Cascanueces Americano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Cascanueces Americano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cascanueces americano |
| Swedish | grå nötkråka |
| Turkish | Çam Kargası |
| Ukrainian | Горіхівка американська |
Revision Notes
Taza Schaming, Teresa J. Lorenz, and Diana F. Tomback revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Nicholas D. Sly revised the distribution map. Luca Bielski copyedited the account.
Nucifraga columbiana (Wilson, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Corvus columbianus
Wilson, 1811. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 3, p.xv,29 pl.20 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
shores of the Columbia ; restricted by Davis and Stevenson (1934, Condor, 36, p. 162) to the Clearwater River, about two miles north of Kamish, Idaho.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NUCIFRAGA
- nucifraga
- columbiana / columbianum / columbianus
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Distribution of the Clark's Nutcracker
Clark's Nutcracker also regularly wanders, and is found irregularly outside of the mapped range. Map last updated 09 April 2024.
