A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.

The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America.

any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects

speckled birds that feed on nuts

The nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), in western North America.