Reference photo — Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Easy
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Corvidae
- Size
- 32–35 cm (length)
- Weight
- 140–190 g
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Lifespan
- 4–7 yrs
- Habitat
- Deciduous woodland, Mixed forest, Parks
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.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.