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Northern Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Zdeněk Vermouzek (XC249299). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctata
Korean pinePinus koraiensis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 266,959 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 266,959 |
| Russia | 3,089 |
| Italy | 674 |
| Nord-Est | 517 |
| Altai Republic | 473 |
| Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra | 454 |
| Austria | 398 |
| Switzerland | 391 |
| France | 269 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- Tool-usingUses tools to obtain food or solve problemsChecked by the maintainer
- SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningChecked by the maintainer
Dietary
- OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Rock nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on rocks or cliffs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Bamboo nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in bamboo.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Crows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae |
| Genus | Nutcrackers · Nucifraga |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Northern Nutcracker with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.