"NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA" shine sunan kimiyya ga Clark's nutcracker, wanda shine nau'in tsuntsaye a cikin iyali Corvidae. Sunan jinsin “Nucifraga” ya samo asali ne daga kalmomin Latin “nux” ma’ana goro, da “frangere” ma’ana karye, yana nufin dabi’ar tsuntsu ta yin amfani da baki mai karfi wajen fasa budadden goro. Sunan jinsin "columbiana" yana nufin yankin kogin Columbia a Arewacin Amirka, inda ake yawan samun tsuntsu.