Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Scientific name definitions
- Names (44)
- Subspecies (9)
Guy M. Kirwan, Steve Madge, Josep del Hoyo, David Christie, Nigel Collar, and Nárgila Moura
Version: 1.1 — Published September 1, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Albanian | Boçethyesi |
Asturian | Frayanueces euroasiñticu |
Azerbaijani | Cəvizqıran |
Basque | Intxaurjalea |
Bulgarian | Сокерица |
Catalan | trencanous eurasiàtic |
Chinese | 星鴉 |
Chinese (SIM) | 星鸦 |
Croatian | kreja |
Czech | ořešník kropenatý |
Danish | Nøddekrige |
Dutch | Notenkraker |
English | Eurasian Nutcracker |
English (India) | Eurasian Nutcracker (Spotted Nutcracker) |
English (UK) | Spotted Nutcracker |
English (United States) | Eurasian Nutcracker |
Finnish | pähkinähakki |
French | Cassenoix moucheté |
French (France) | Cassenoix moucheté |
Galician | Quebranoces |
German | Tannenhäher |
Greek | Καρυοθραύστης |
Hungarian | Fenyőszajkó |
Icelandic | Hnotbrjótur |
Italian | Nocciolaia |
Japanese | ホシガラス |
Korean | 잣까마귀 |
Latvian | Riekstrozis |
Lithuanian | Riešutinė |
Mongolian | Самарч шаазгай |
Norwegian | nøttekråke |
Persian | فندق شکن |
Polish | orzechówka |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Quebra-nozes |
Romanian | Alunar |
Russian | Кедровка |
Serbian | Lešnikara |
Slovak | orešnica perlavá |
Slovenian | Krekovt |
Spanish | Cascanueces Común |
Spanish (Spain) | Cascanueces común |
Swedish | nötkråka |
Turkish | Göknar Kargası |
Ukrainian | Горіхівка крапчаста |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan and Nárgila Moura revised and standardized the account with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Jeff A. Gerbracht revised the distribution map.
Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Corvus Caryocatactes
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.106.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Europa;' restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 25).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NUCIFRAGA
- nucifraga
- caryocatactes
- Caryocatactes
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)