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Nucifraga caryocatactes, Print, 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 formerly considered a subspecies of spotted. The other member of the genus, Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), occurs in western North America., 1700-1880.

Nucifraga caryocatactes, Print, 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 formerly considered a subspecies of spotted. The other member of the genus, Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), occurs in western North America., 1700-1880.
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Caption: Nucifraga caryocatactes, Print, 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 formerly considered a subspecies of spotted. The other member of the genus, Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), occurs in western North America., 1700-1880
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Image size: 3371 × 4626 px | 44.6 MB
Print size: 28.5 × 39.2 cm | 1327.2 × 1821.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1700-1880 • ANY CREST • BODY • CADAVER • CHOCOLATE BROWN • CLARK'S NUTCRACKER • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DISTINCT WHITE SPOTS • EURASIAN JAY • EURASIAN NUTCRACKER • FEATHERING • FORMERLY CONSIDERED • GENUS • GREENISH-BLUE GLOSS • LARGE-SPOTTED NUTCRACKER • LARGER BILL • MEMBER • NUCIFRAGA CARYOCATACTES • NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA • NUCIFRAGA MULTIPUNCTATA • NUTCRACKER • OCCURS • PASSERINE BIRD SLIGHTLY LARGER • POLKA DOTS • POLKA-DOTTED • PREDOMINANTLY • PRINT • SLIMMER LOOKING HEAD • SPOTTED NUTCRACKER • SPOTTED • STREAKS • SUBSPECIES • THREE SPECIES • UPPER TAIL • VIRTUALLY BLACK • WESTERN NORTH AMERICA • WINGS