#0764 · 🐦 birds

Northern Nutcracker

🇳🇱 Notenkraker ·Nucifraga caryocatactes

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Alpsdake · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Vitalii Khustochka · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Rutten, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Norg, Nederland:© christiaandevries · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Stellendam, Netherlands:© Dion · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 8161 PZ Epe, Nederland:© mrfishdb · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Leeuwarderadeel, NL-FR, NL:© Robin Fokker · CC BY 4.0
9. Landgoed Marlot, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 6701 CM Wageningen, Netherlands:© danplant · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The spotted nutcracker , Eurasian nutcracker , or just nutcracker , ( Nucifraga caryocatactes ) is a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian jay. It has a much larger bill and a slimmer looking head without any crest. The feathering over its body is predominantly a chocolate brown with distinct white spots and streaks. The wings and upper tail are virtually black with a greenish-blue gloss. It is one of three species of nutcracker. The large-spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga multipunctata ), was...

base stats

NL sightings 41iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,858iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).