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Clark's nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana (A. Wilson, 1811)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 123 g to 137 g and live up to 17.4 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Photo: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the clark's nutcracker

Weight
123 g – 137 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
17.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
17.4 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
17.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the clark's nutcracker live?

Not recorded

What is the clark's nutcracker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), also known as Clark's crow, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to the mountains of western North America. The nutcracker is an omnivore, but subsists mainly on pine nuts, burying seeds in the ground in the late summer and fall, and then retrieving them in the winter and spring by memory. The bird was described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with William Clark first observing it in 1805 along the banks of the Salmon River, a tributary of the Columbia River.

From the Wikipedia article “Clark's nutcracker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clark%27s_nutcracker&oldid=1370744881), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the clark's nutcracker endangered?

The clark's nutcracker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the clark's nutcracker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusNucifraga
  7. SpeciesNucifraga columbiana (A. Wilson, 1811)

Synonyms Corvus columbianus, Corvus megonyx, Picicorvus columbianus

Other names and names in other languages (51)
  • Clark's crowEnglish
  • Woodpecker crowEnglish
  • غراب كلاركArabic
  • كسار كلاركArabic
  • غراب نقار الخشبArabic
  • Колумбийска сокерицаBulgarian
  • Torrer-kraoñ AmerikaBreton
  • Trencanous americàCatalan
  • trencanous nord-americàCatalan
  • ořešník americkýCzech
  • malwr cnau llwydWelsh
  • Amerikansk NøddekrigeDanish
  • KiefernhäherGerman
  • Kolumbia nucifragoEsperanto
  • amerika nuksrompuloEsperanto
  • Cascanueces americanoSpanish
  • hallmänsakEstonian
  • فندقشکن کلارکPersian
  • amerikanhakkiFinnish
  • Cassenoix d'AmériqueFrench
  • Cassenoix d’AmériqueFrench
  • קיק אגוזים אמריקאיHebrew
  • siva krejaCroatian
  • amerikai fenyőszajkóHungarian
  • Nocciolaia di ClarkItalian
  • ハイイロホシガラスJapanese
  • amerikinė riešutinėLithuanian
  • Amerikas riekstrozisLatvian
  • BitsiichįįshgahíNavajo
  • Grijze NotenkrakerDutch
  • Amerikaanse notenkrakerDutch
  • konglekråkeNorwegian
  • orzechówka popielataPolish
  • کلارک گری توڑناWestern Panjabi
  • Quebra-nozes-de-ClarkPortuguese
  • quebra-nozes-americanoPortuguese
  • Американская кедровкаRussian
  • Ореховка американскаяRussian
  • Североамериканская кедровкаRussian
  • Североамериканская ореховкаRussian
  • orešnica borovicováSlovak
  • Američka lešnikaraSerbian
  • grå nötkråkaSwedish
  • கிளார்க் நட்கிரேக்கர்Tamil
  • Америка эрбетчесеTatar
  • Çam KargasıTurkish
  • горіхівка американськаUkrainian
  • Chim bổ hạt ClarkVietnamese
  • 北美星鴉Chinese
  • 加利福尼亞星鴉Chinese
  • 北美星鸦Chinese

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Relatives of the clark's nutcracker

Other species in the same genus Nucifraga.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the clark's nutcracker?

An adult clark's nutcracker weighs 123 g – 137 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the clark's nutcracker endangered?

The clark's nutcracker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the clark's nutcracker live?

The clark's nutcracker has a recorded lifespan of 17.4 years.

What kind of animal is the clark's nutcracker?

The clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clark-s-nutcracker

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BibTeX
@misc{clark_s_nutcracker_2026,
  title = {Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clark-s-nutcracker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}