Nutcracker (star crow) - Nutcracker (English spelling)

Japanese: ホシガラス(星鴉) - ホシガラス(英語表記)nutcracker
Nutcracker (star crow) - Nutcracker (English spelling)
A passerine bird of the Corvidae family (illustration). Total length is about 35 cm. The body is blackish brown with dense white spots on the face, back, and underside. The name Nutcracker comes from the fine white spots on the body. The lower tail cover and the tips of the tail feathers are white. It is distributed in the subarctic and subalpine zones of Eurasia, mainly living in coniferous forests. In Japan, it breeds in the coniferous forest zone and the pumila zone at altitudes of about 1,500 m or more in Hokkaido, Honshu, and Shikoku, and some species come down to the low mountain zone in winter. It cries in a hoarse voice, and also makes a strange sound called "meow," which sounds similar to a cat's voice.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
スズメ目カラス科の鳥(イラスト)。全長約35cm。体は黒褐色で,顔,背中,下面には密な白色斑がある。この体の白い細かい斑紋からホシガラスの名がある。下尾筒と尾羽の先端は白い。ユーラシア大陸の亜寒帯および亜高山帯に分布し,主として針葉樹林に生息している。日本では北海道,本州,四国の標高約1500m以上の針葉樹林帯からハイマツ帯で繁殖し,冬には低山帯におりてくるものもある。ガーガーとしわがれた声で鳴き,またネコの声に似たミャーという変わった声も出す。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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