Spotted Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Corvidae
About
The northern nutcracker, previously known as the spotted nutcracker and Eurasian nutcracker, is a passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae. It is slightly smaller than the Eurasian jay but has a much larger bill and a slimmer looking head without any crest. The feathering over its body is predominantly chocolate brown with distinct white spots and patches. The wings and upper tail are black with a greenish-blue gloss.
Fun Fact
Spotted Nutcrackers cache up to 100,000 seeds across thousands of locations each autumn and can remember their cache sites under snow months later.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Range forming a broad swathe east–west from Scandinavia right across northern Europe, Siberia and to eastern Asia, including Japan, inhabiting the huge taiga conifer forests in the north.
Diet
To be updated
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance