Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Nucifraga
 
Birds of North America
Version  2.0
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Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

Diana F. Tomback
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 1998

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Figure 1. Distribution of Clark's Nutcracker. - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of Clark's Nutcracker.

This species breeds at higher elevations within the range indicated but occurs at lower elevations during the nonbreeding season when individuals may also wander irregularly east to the Great Plains, south to northern Mexico, west to the Pacific coast, and north to Alaska.

Recommended Citation

Tomback, D. F. (1998). Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.331
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