Clark's nutcracker

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Clark's nutcracker is a North American corvid bird known for its remarkable seed-caching behavior and close ecological relationship with various pine species in mountainous regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Clark's nutcracker canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
corvid
species
associatedWith limber pine
Pinus monophylla
surface form: pinyon pine

whitebark pine
beakType long pointed bill
behavior scatter hoarding
seed caching
binomialName Nucifraga
surface form: Nucifraga columbiana
breedingSeason late winter
class Aves
commonName Clark's nutcracker self-link
conservationStatus Least Concern
diet insects
pine seeds
small vertebrates
ecologicalImportance facilitates regeneration of high-elevation pine forests
family Corvidae
foragingStrategy extracting seeds from pine cones
ground foraging near seed caches
foundIn Cascade Range
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
interior mountain ranges of western North America
genus Nucifraga
habitat montane forests
mountainous regions
subalpine forests
kingdom Animalia
memoryAbility can relocate thousands of seed caches
namedAfter William Clark
nativeTo North America
western North America
nestLocation conifer trees
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
plumageColor black wings
gray body
white tail edges
white wing patches
roleInEcosystem mutualist of high-elevation pines
seed disperser
socialBehavior monogamous pairs
territorial
storesFood pine seeds in soil caches
taxonRank species
threat decline of whitebark pine
vocalization harsh calls

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pinus monophylla seedDispersalAgent Clark's nutcracker
Great Basin montane forests hasFauna Clark's nutcracker
Clark's nutcracker commonName Clark's nutcracker self-link