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Kashmir Nutcracker
Nucifraga multipunctata Gould, 1849
32–35 cmLength191 gWeight
It is a nutcracker that looks whitish at a distance, with a blackish crown and glossy black wings and tail.
Looks like Northern Nutcracker
How to identify
Field marks
- Body feathers covered in white streaks and spots
- Crown and nape blackish
- Wings glossy black; coverts and secondaries white-tipped
- Tail glossy black with white feather tips; undertail-coverts entirely white
Voice
Most often a loud, harsh, nasal “kraa”, given in groups of two or three notes, rapidly repeated six or seven times.
Similar species
Where and when it's recorded
No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.
About
The Kashmir nutcracker or large-spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata) is a passerine bird related to the northern nutcracker and southern nutcracker. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of the former. It is found in the western Himalayas.
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Questions
How big is the Kashmir Nutcracker?
The Kashmir Nutcracker is about 32–35 cm long and weighs around 191 g.
Where does the Kashmir Nutcracker live?
Its breeding range: Palearctic: western Himalayas.
Is the Kashmir Nutcracker endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Kashmir Nutcracker as Least Concern.
What does the Kashmir Nutcracker eat?
Main food: Seeds.
What family is the Kashmir Nutcracker in?
It belongs to the family Crows, Jays (Corvidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Length
- 32–35 cm
- Weight
- 191 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Seeds
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Conservation
- Least Concern
More measurements
- Wing
- 206 mm
- Tail
- 151 mm
- Bill
- 46 mm
- Tarsus
- 40 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Palearctic: western Himalayas
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Crows, Jays Corvidae
- Genus
- Nucifraga
Other birds in the genus Nucifraga
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila
Malayan Black MagpiePlatysmurus leucopterus
Bornean Black MagpiePlatysmurus aterrimus
Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
Sichuan JayPerisoreus internigrans
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
Black-collared JayCyanolyca armillata
White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanus
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