Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana(Wilson, A, 1811)
English (US) Clark's Nutcracker
The Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Rocky Mountains (southwestern Canada to northern Baja California); casual to northwestern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nucifraga columbiana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Clark's Nutcracker
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Corvus columbianus
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1811)
- 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.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 3 p.xv,29 pl.20 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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