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Nucifraga caryocatactes  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 561630

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Corvus caryocatactes Linnaeus, 1758
  
  Common Name(s): Northern Nutcracker [English]
  
    Cassenoix moucheté [French]
  
    quebra-nozes-do-norte [Portuguese]
  
    quebra-nozes-malhado [Portuguese]
  
    Cascanueces norteño [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyCorvidae Leach, 1820 – crows, jays, magpies, corneilles, geais, pies  
                               GenusNucifraga Brisson, 1760 – Nutcrackers  
                                  SpeciesNucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern Nutcracker, Cassenoix moucheté, quebra-nozes-do-norte, quebra-nozes-malhado, Cascanueces norteño  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                     Subspecies Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica E. J. O. Hartert, 1897  
                                     Subspecies Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1823  
                                     Subspecies Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi E. J. O. Hartert, 1903  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Nucifraga caryocatactes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Nucifraga caryocatactes, Northern Nutcracker [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Change English name of Nucifraga caryocatactes from Spotted Nutcracker to Northern Nutcracker with the split of Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila (IOC List v15.1)  
 

 

    

 
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