Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Corvidae |
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BTO Codes:
NC, NUTCR
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EURING No: 15570 | |
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Number in Britain:
7 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
caryocatactes, macrorhyncus recorded in Britain (of 9 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
32 cm
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Wingspan: 55 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 160 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: nucis=a nut + frangere=to shatter and Gr.: karuon=a nut + kataseio=to shatter |
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World Distribution:
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Mountains & high latitudes in Europe, Asia |
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Habitat:
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Coniferous & mixed woodland |
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Diet:
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Usually seeds, nuts, insects (esp wasp/bee larvae), during irruptions omnivorous |
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TitBit:
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1968 saw a unique event: for the first (and so far only) time, over 300 Nutcrackers visited Britain as part of a larger irruption into western Europe, probably because of a spell of early cold weather in Siberia, where they normally live. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Flintshire, 1753
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
366
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Most Likely to Occur in:
August to November
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Highland
(1868),
Orkney
(1868),
Shetland
(1968),
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1968),
North Yorkshire
(1969),
South Yorkshire
(1953),
West Yorkshire
(1969),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1969),
Cumbria
(1979),
Lancashire
(1968),
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English Midlands:
Leicestershire
(1968),
Northamptonshire
(1968),
Shropshire
(1968),
Staffordshire
(1991),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(1987),
Essex
(1968),
Hertfordshire
(1968),
Lincolnshire
(1976),
Norfolk
(1979),
Suffolk
(1985),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1968),
Buckinghamshire
(1968),
Hampshire
(1996),
Isle of Wight
(1969),
Kent
(1998),
Greater London
(1968),
Surrey
(1975),
East Sussex
(1970),
West Sussex
(1968),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1968),
Devon
(1969),
Dorset
(1968),
Gloucestershire
(1963),
Somerset
(1968),
Wiltshire
(1968),
Isles of Scilly
(1968),
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Wales:
Carmarthen
(1968),
Caernarfonshire
(1968),
Flintshire
(1753),
Gower
(1968),
Gwent
(1968),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Spotted Nutcracker | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Malwr Cnau |
| Danish: Nøddekrige | Dutch: Notenkraker |
| Finnish: Pähkinähakki | French: Cassenoix moucheté |
| German: Tannenhäher | Hungarian: Fenyoszajkó |
| Icelandic: Hnotbrjótur | Irish: |
| Italian: Nocciolaia | Norwegian: Nøttekråke |
| Polish: Orzechówka zwyczajna | Portuguese: Quebra-nozes |
| Spanish: Casanueces | Swedish: Nötkråka |
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