Class:
Aves
Family:
Corvidae
Common Name:
Northern Nutcracker
Genus:
Nucifraga
Species Name:
caryocatactes
About The Northern Nutcracker
The spotted nutcracker is a distinctive, relatively large songbird that lives in the conifer forests of Europe and Asia and specializes on pine seeds and nuts. It has broad wings, a strong bill with short nasal tufts, a short tail, and striking white spots on a dark brown body. Wings and crown are blacker, and the lores and vent are white.
Some authors consider the nutcracker in the Himalayas to be a distinct species, the larger spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga multipunctata.
Trips Where Observed
Siberia
Member Lifelists
Asia
World
Sites Where Observed
