Nucifraga hemispila

Nucifraga hemispila hemispila, Rara Lake, western Nepal

Nucifraga hemispila — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corvoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Corvida Superfamilia: Corvoidea

Familia: Corvidae
Genus: Nucifraga
Species: Nucifraga hemispila
Subspecies: N. h. hemispila – N. h. interdicta – N. h. macella – N. h. owstoni

Name

Nucifraga hemispila Vigors, 1831

• Type locality: Himalayas, restricted to Simla - Almora district (Uttarakhand, India).

Synonymy

• Nucifraga caryocatactes hemispila
• Nucifraga multipunctata hemispila
• Nucifraga immaculata Blyth, 1867
• Nucifraga hemispila yunnanensis Ingram, 1910 (= N. h. macella)

References

Primary references

• Vigors, N.A. 1831. Observations on a collection of Birds from the Himalayan mountains, with characters of New Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Pt.1 no.1: p.7–8 BHL; no.2 p.22 BHL; no.3 p.35 BHL; no.4 p.41 BHL; no.5 p.54 BHL; no.6 170 BHL Reference page.  1(1): 8

Additional references

• de Raad, J., Päckert, M., Iretedt, M., Janke, A., Kryukov, A., Martens, J., Red’kin, Y.A., Sun, Y.-H., Töpfer, T., Schleuning, M., Neuschulz, E.L. & Nilsson, M.A. 2022. Speciation and population divergence in a mutualistic seed dispersing bird. Communications Biology 5(1): 429 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03364-2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fichtenhäher
English: Southern Nutcracker
español: Cascanueces sureño
français: Cassenoix de Chine
Nederlands: Zuidelijke notenkraker
svenska: Kinesisk nötkråka
中文: 星鴉

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