Kashmir nutcracker vs Northern nutcracker
The kashmir nutcracker is heavier: 191 g against 182.5 g for the northern nutcracker, about 5% more.
Photo: Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Jyrki Salmi from Finland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a kashmir nutcracker and a northern nutcracker?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The kashmir nutcracker is heavier: 191 g against 182.5 g for the northern nutcracker, about 5% more.
- Both belong to the genus Nucifraga, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Kashmir nutcracker | Northern nutcracker | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Nucifraga multipunctata | Nucifraga caryocatactes |
| Family | Corvidae | Corvidae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Weight | 172.5 g – 191 g | 172.5 g – 188.8 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 16.1 years | 16.1 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | forest |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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