Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Corvidae
About
The Eurasian jay, also known simply as the jay without any epithets in the United Kingdom and Ireland, is a species of passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae. It has pinkish brown plumage with a black stripe on each side of a whitish throat, a bright blue panel on the upper wing and a black tail. The Eurasian jay is a woodland bird that occurs over a vast region from western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian subcontinent and farther to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across this vast range, several distinct racial forms have evolved which look different from each other, especially when comparing forms at the extremes of its range.
Fun Fact
Eurasian Jays cache up to 5,000 acorns each autumn in individual buried hoards and remember the location of most of them months later.
Quick Facts
Habitat
To be updated
Diet
Insectivore
Lifespan
16 years
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance