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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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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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a resident species across most of its range
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).
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