Clark's Nutcracker
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Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Death Valley National Park
3 Verified records at Death Valley National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), also known as Clark's crow, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to the mountains of western North America. The nutcracker is an omnivore, but subsists mainly on pine nuts, burying seeds in the ground in the late summer and fall, and then retrieving them in the winter and spring by memory. The bird was described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with William Clark first observing it in 1805 along the banks of the Salmon River, a tributary of the Columbia River. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Death Valley National Park

Common Raven
LC

Common Raven

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corax

80–90% · Very likely
California Scrub-Jay
LC

California Scrub-Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aphelocoma californica

5–10% · With luck
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aphelocoma woodhouseii

<5% · Rare
Pinyon Jay
VU

Pinyon Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

<5% · Rare
American Crow
LC

American Crow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus brachyrhynchos

<5% · Rare
Steller's Jay
LC Endemic

Steller's Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanocitta stelleri

<5% · Rare
Black-billed Magpie
LC

Black-billed Magpie

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pica hudsonia

Insufficient data
House Finch
LC Endemic

House Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haemorhous mexicanus

50–60% · Likely
White-crowned Sparrow
LC

White-crowned Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zonotrichia leucophrys

50–60% · Likely
Yellow-rumped Warbler
LC

Yellow-rumped Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga coronata

40–50% · Likely
Say's Phoebe
LC Endemic

Say's Phoebe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sayornis saya

40–50% · Likely
Lesser Goldfinch
LC

Lesser Goldfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spinus psaltria

30–40% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Clark's Nutcracker at Death Valley National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
2 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
3 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
4 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
5 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
6 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
7 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
8 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
9 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
10 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
12 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
13 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
14 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
15 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
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