Crows, Jays

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across its vast range, several very distinct racial forms have evolved to look very different from each other, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared.

Family

Crows, Jays

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

159 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

67

Photo: Shiv's fotografia, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons