Spotted Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes - Cassenoix moucheté

Cassenoix moucheté
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Corvidés

  • Genus
    :

    Nucifraga

  • Species
    :

    caryocatactes

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 34 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 55 cm.
  • Weight
    : 150 à 200 g
Longevity

8 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cassenoix moucheté
adult
Cassenoix moucheté
juvenile

Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

  • Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes (Europe)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos (Ural Mts. to e Siberia and ne China)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi (Kazakhstan to nw China)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica (Kuril Is. and n Japan)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes owstoni (Taiwan)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes interdicta (n China)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes hemispila (nw and c Himalayas)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes macella (e Himalayas to c and s China and n Myanmar)

Foreign names

  • Cassenoix moucheté,
  • Cascanueces norteño,
  • quebra-nozes-mosqueado,
  • Tannenhäher,
  • fenyőszajkó,
  • Notenkraker,
  • Nocciolaia,
  • nötkråka,
  • Nøttekråke,
  • orešnica perlavá,
  • ořešník kropenatý,
  • Nøddekrige,
  • pähkinähakki,
  • trencanous eurasiàtic,
  • Hnotbrjótur,
  • orzechówka (zwyczajna),
  • riekstrozis,
  • krekovt,
  • Кедровка,
  • ホシガラス,
  • 星鸦,
  • 星鴉,

Voice song and cries

Cassenoix moucheté

Habitat

Cassenoix moucheté
juvenile

Forest : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 10-01-2024
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