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Nucifraga is a genus of birds within the family Corvidae. It belongs to the class Aves, order Passeriformes, and phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Records for this genus are held by institutions including NHMUK and UNICAMP. Associated records indicate presence in China, Taiwan, and the United States. The subject has been referenced by 546 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Corvidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UNICAMP
- Recorded in
- China, Taiwan, United States
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- Commons category
- Nucifraga
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Nucifraga
- topic's main category
- Category:Nucifraga
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
The nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of four species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows.
The genus Nucifraga was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the northern nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) as the type species. The genus name is a Neo-Latin translation of an old German name Nussbrecher, "nut-breaker".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nucifraga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.