: a grayish-white bird (Nucifraga columbiana) of western North America with black-and-white wings and tail
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Think of the Rocky Mountains and birds such as Clark's nutcracker, the mountain chickadee and rosy finches. —
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025 Also a unique trait of the whitebark pine is that its sole vector of seed dispersion is done by one bird -- the Clark's nutcracker. —Arkansas Online, 30 July 2021
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025 Also a unique trait of the whitebark pine is that its sole vector of seed dispersion is done by one bird -- the Clark's nutcracker. —Arkansas Online, 30 July 2021
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