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The southern nutcracker is similar in size to the northern nutcracker, about 33 cm long. It is largely brown, with limited white spotting on the face and upper breast, plain brown lower breast and back, unmarked black wings, and white lower belly and under-tail coverts; for comparison, both the northern nutcracker and the kashmir nutcracker have extensive and larger white spots on the entire breast and back. The tail is black with white outer corners. The bill is stout and black, the legs also black.
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When to see the Southern Nutcracker
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Southern Nutcracker
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Southern Nutcracker
The southern nutcracker is a passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern nutcracker and the Kashmir nutcracker under the English name "spotted nutcracker".
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Easily confused with
Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctataIt is a distinctive corvid with heavily streaked and spotted plumage.
Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactesNorthern nutcracker ranges from 32–38 cm in length (from tip of beak to tip of tail) and has a wingspan ranging from 49–53 cm.
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbianaNucifraga columbiana is roughly the size of a jay, and slightly smaller than its Eurasian congenerics (northern, southern, and Kashmir nutcrackers).
Side by side: Clark's Nutcracker vs Southern Nutcracker · Northern Nutcracker vs Southern Nutcracker · Piapiac vs Southern Nutcracker
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