Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Crows and Jays (Corvidae)

Code 4

CLNU

Code 6

NUCCOL

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Gray in nestlings; Becomes brown by sixth week.
Head Pattern: Plain, Eyering
Crown Color: Gray
Forehead Color: Gray
Nape Color: Gray
Throat Color: Gray
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 32 cm (12.5 in)
Weight: 142 g (5 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Black, Gray
Underparts: Gray
Upperparts: Gray body with black wings.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Slow steady deep delierate wing beats., Crowlike flight.
Wingspan Range: 46 cm (18 in)
Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: White with black central tail feathers.
Under Tail: White with black central tail feathers.
Leg Color: Black

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