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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Corvidae > Genus: Nucifraga > Species: Nucifraga caryocatactes

Nutcracker - Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Unknown
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	120 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	A344

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE4229401	Germany	Vogelschutzgebiet Hochharz	Map
DE4232401	Germany	Nordöstlicher Unterharz	Map
DE5314303	Germany	NSG Krombachtalsperre	Map
DE5723301	Germany	Ratzerod von Neuengronau	Map
DE5723302	Germany	Westerngrund von Neuengronau und Breunings	Map
DE6308301	Germany	Dollberg u. Eisener Wald	Map
DE6505301	Germany	Steilhänge der Saar	Map
IT1110006	Italy	Orsiera Rocciavré	Map
IT1110080	Italy	Val Troncea	Map
IT1160021	Italy	Gruppo del Tenibres	Map
IT1160056	Italy	Alpi Marittime	Map
IT1160057	Italy	Alte Valli Pesio e Tanaro	Map
IT1160058	Italy	Gruppo del Monviso e Bosco dell'Alevè	Map
IT1202000	Italy	Parco naturale Mont Avic	Map
IT2020301	Italy	Triangolo Lariano	Map
IT2020302	Italy	Monte Generoso	Map
IT2020303	Italy	Valsolda	Map
IT2030001	Italy	Grigna Settentrionale	Map
IT2040001	Italy	Val Viera e Cime di Fopel	Map
IT2040003	Italy	Val Federia	Map
IT2040007	Italy	Passo e Monte di Foscagno	Map
IT2040011	Italy	Monte Vago - Val di Campo - Val Nera	Map
IT2040012	Italy	Val Viola Bormina - Ghiacciaio di Cima dei Piazzi	Map
IT2040016	Italy	Monte di Scerscen - Ghiacciai di Scerscen - Monte Motta	Map
IT2040017	Italy	Disgrazia - Sissone	Map
IT2040018	Italy	Val Codera	Map
IT2040019	Italy	Bagni di Masino - Pizzo Badile	Map
IT2040020	Italy	Val di Mello - Piano di Preda Rossa	Map
IT2040021	Italy	Val di Togno - Pizzo Scalino	Map
IT2040024	Italy	da Monte Belvedere a Vallorda	Map
IT2040026	Italy	Val Lesina	Map
IT2040027	Italy	Valle del Bitto di Gerola	Map
IT2040028	Italy	Valle del Bitto di Albaredo	Map
IT2040029	Italy	Val Tartano	Map
IT2040030	Italy	Val Madre	Map
IT2040031	Italy	Val Cervia	Map
IT2040032	Italy	Valle del Livrio	Map
IT2040033	Italy	Val Venina	Map
IT2040034	Italy	Valle d'Arigna e Ghiacciaio di Pizzo di Coca	Map
IT2040035	Italy	Val Bondone - Val Caronella	Map
IT2040038	Italy	Val Fontana	Map
IT2040039	Italy	Val Zerta	Map
IT2040040	Italy	Val Bodengo	Map
IT2040044	Italy	Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio	Map
IT2060002	Italy	Valle di Piazzatorre - Isola di Fondra	Map
IT2060003	Italy	Alta Val Brembana - Laghi Gemelli	Map
IT2060004	Italy	Alta Val di Scalve	Map
IT2060005	Italy	Val Sedornia - Val Zurio - Pizzo della Presolana	Map
IT2070002	Italy	Monte Piccolo - Monte Colmo	Map
IT2070003	Italy	Val Rabbia e Val Galinera	Map
IT2070004	Italy	Monte Marser - Corni di Bos	Map
IT2070005	Italy	Pizzo Badile - Alta Val Zumella	Map
IT2070006	Italy	Pascoli di Crocedomini - Alta Val Caffaro	Map
IT2070009	Italy	Versanti dell'Avio	Map
IT2070010	Italy	Piz Olda - Val Malga	Map
IT2070016	Italy	Cima Comer	Map
IT2070017	Italy	Valli di San Antonio	Map
IT2070021	Italy	Valvestino	Map
IT2070022	Italy	Corno della Marogna	Map
IT2070302	Italy	Val Caffaro	Map
IT2070303	Italy	Val Grigna	Map
IT2080021	Italy	Monte Alpe	Map
IT3120002	Italy	Alta Val La Mare	Map
IT3120050	Italy	Torbiera delle Viote	Map
IT3120056	Italy	Palu' Longia	Map
IT3120057	Italy	Palu' Tremole	Map
IT3120097	Italy	Catena di Lagorai	Map
IT3120104	Italy	Monte Baldo - Cima Valdritta	Map
IT3120106	Italy	Nodo del Latemar	Map
IT3120108	Italy	Val San Nicolò	Map
IT3120116	Italy	Monte Malachin	Map
IT3120119	Italy	Val Duron	Map
IT3120126	Italy	Val Noana	Map
IT3210039	Italy	Monte Baldo Ovest	Map
IT3210040	Italy	Monti Lessini - Pasubio - Piccole Dolomiti Vicentine	Map
IT3230006	Italy	Val Visdende - Monte Peralba - Quaterna'	Map
IT3230017	Italy	Monte Pelmo - Mondeval - Formin	Map
IT3230071	Italy	Dolomiti di Ampezzo	Map
IT3230077	Italy	Foresta del Cansiglio	Map
IT3230078	Italy	Gruppo del Popera - Dolomiti di Auronzo e di Val Comelico	Map
IT3230080	Italy	Val Talagona - Gruppo Monte Cridola - Monte Duranno	Map
IT3230081	Italy	Gruppo Antelao - Marmarole - Sorapis	Map
IT3230083	Italy	Dolomiti Feltrine e Bellunesi	Map
IT3230084	Italy	Civetta - Cime di San Sebastiano	Map
PLB200003	Poland	Puszcza Knyszyńska	Map
PLB220002	Poland	Dolina Słupi	Map
PLC120001	Poland	Tatry	Map
PLC200004	Poland	Puszcza Białowieska	Map
SE0210284	Sweden	Storskogen	Map
SE0230339	Sweden	Bredsjömossen	Map
SE0250005	Sweden	Strömsholm	Map
SE0250008	Sweden	Ridöarkipelagen	Map
SE0250009	Sweden	Ängsö	Map
SE0250095	Sweden	Askö-Tidö	Map
SE0520142	Sweden	Svartedalen	Map
IT2040403	Italy	Riserva Regionale Paluaccio di Oga	Map
IT2040601	Italy	Bagni di Masino - Pizzo Badile - Val di Mello - Val Torrone - Piano di Preda Rossa	Map
IT2040602	Italy	Valle dei Ratti - Cime di Gaiazzo	Map
IT2040401	Italy	Parco Regionale Orobie Valtellinesi	Map
IT3120157	Italy	Stelvio	Map
IT1202020	Italy	Mont Avic e Mont Emilius	Map
PLB180002	Poland	Beskid Niski	Map
IT3321001	Italy	Alpi Carniche	Map
IT2070401	Italy	Parco Naturale Adamello	Map
IT2070402	Italy	Alto Garda Bresciano	Map
IT3230089	Italy	Dolomiti del Cadore e del Comelico	Map
IT3120159	Italy	Brenta	Map
IT3120160	Italy	Lagorai	Map
IT2060401	Italy	Parco Regionale Orobie Bergamasche	Map
PLB240002	Poland	Beskid Żywiecki	Map
IT3120178	Italy	Pale di San Martino	Map
IT3120168	Italy	Lagorai Orientale - Cima Bocche	Map
IT3120177	Italy	Dolomiti di Brenta	Map
IT3120173	Italy	Monte Baldo di Brentonico	Map
IT3120171	Italy	Muga Bianca - Pasubio	Map
AT1201000	Austria	Waldviertel	Map
ROSPA0133	Romania	Munții Călimani	Map
ROSPA0141	Romania	Subcarpații Vrancei	Map
ROSPA0129	Romania	Masivul Ceahlău	Map
PLC120002	Poland	Pieniny	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Cascanueces	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Cassenoix moucheté	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Nocciolaia	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Notekraker	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Nötkråka	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Nutcracker	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Orzechówka	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pähkinähakki	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Quebra-nozes	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Tannenhäher	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:15570	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

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Country	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Albania	100/500 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Austria	20000/40000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belarus	1500/4000 (pairs)	1997-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belarus	1000/2499 (individuals)	1997-2002	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belgium	200/500 (pairs)	1995-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Present/Present (pairs)	1990-2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria	10000/30000 (pairs)	1996-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Croatia	500/800 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Croatia	500/800 (individuals)	2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Czech Republic	2500/5000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark	1/7 (pairs)	1998-2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Estonia	5000/10000 (pairs)	1998	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Estonia	10000/50000 (individuals)	1998	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Finland	1500/2500 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France	2500/10000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Germany	8000/17000 (pairs)	1995-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	500/1000 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	50/100 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Italy	10000/30000 (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Latvia	5000/20000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Liechtenstein	40/50 (pairs)	1998-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Liechtenstein	30/60 (individuals)	1998-2000	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Lithuania	5000/10000 (pairs)	1999-2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Luxembourg	1/10 (individuals)	2000-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Macedonia (FYR)	500/2000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Norway	100/1000 (pairs)	1990-2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Poland	2000/5000 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania	500000/2000 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania	240000/360000 (pairs)	2000-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation	50000/250000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Serbia and Montenegro	1600/2200 (pairs)	1995-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia	4000/8000 (pairs)	1990-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia	10000/20000 (individuals)	1990-1999	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovenia	2000/3000 (pairs)	1994	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Sweden	5000/15000 (pairs)	1999-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Switzerland	20000/30000 (pairs)	1993-1996	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine	3300/3600 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2