Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Diana F. Tomback
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1998
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1998
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Grijze Notenkraker |
| English | Clark's Nutcracker |
| English (United States) | Clark's Nutcracker |
| Finnish | amerikanhakki |
| French | Cassenoix d'Amérique |
| French (French Guiana) | 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 |
Nucifraga columbiana ("Wilson, A", 1811)
PROTONYM:
Corvus columbianus
"Wilson, A", 1811. American Ornithology 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.
Definitions
- NUCIFRAGA
- nucifraga
- columbiana / columbianum / columbianus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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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.