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;[[:Category:Nucifraga|Nucifraga]] caryocatactes | ;[[:Category:Nucifraga|Nucifraga]] caryocatactes | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Chocolate brown with distinct white spots and streaks. The wings and upper tail are black with a greenish-blue gloss. | + | Chocolate brown with distinct white spots and streaks. The wings and upper tail are black with a greenish-blue gloss. <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Scandinavia]] right across northern [[Europe]], [[Siberia]] and to eastern [[Asia]], including [[Japan]]. | [[Scandinavia]] right across northern [[Europe]], [[Siberia]] and to eastern [[Asia]], including [[Japan]]. | ||
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The diet includes the nuts and seeds from pine trees, spruce and hazel trees. It also takes insects, birds' eggs and nestlings, digging out bumble bee and wasp nests to take the grubs. | The diet includes the nuts and seeds from pine trees, spruce and hazel trees. It also takes insects, birds' eggs and nestlings, digging out bumble bee and wasp nests to take the grubs. | ||
| − | The nest is usually built high in a conifer. 2-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 18 days. Both sexes feed the young which are usually fledged by about 23 days. | + | The nest is usually built high in a conifer. 2-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 18 days. Both sexes feed the young which are usually fledged by about 23 days. <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
| − | == | + | ====Vocalisation==== |
<flashmp3>Nucifraga caryocatactes (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Nucifraga caryocatactes (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Nucifraga caryocatactes (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Nucifraga caryocatactes (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutcracker_(bird) Wikipedia] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Nucifraga}} | {{GSearch|Nucifraga}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Nucifraga]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Nucifraga]][[Category:Bird Songs]] |
Revision as of 15:29, 2 January 2009
- Nucifraga caryocatactes
Identification
Chocolate brown with distinct white spots and streaks. The wings and upper tail are black with a greenish-blue gloss. [1]
Distribution
Scandinavia right across northern Europe, Siberia and to eastern Asia, including Japan.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Taiga conifer forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes the nuts and seeds from pine trees, spruce and hazel trees. It also takes insects, birds' eggs and nestlings, digging out bumble bee and wasp nests to take the grubs.
The nest is usually built high in a conifer. 2-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 18 days. Both sexes feed the young which are usually fledged by about 23 days. [1]
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Nucifraga caryocatactes (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
