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Eurasian Jay

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Eurasian Jay

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Also known as Jay, European Jay, Garrulus glandarius

species of bird

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The Eurasian Jay (*Garrulus glandarius*) is a species of bird classified within the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. It belongs to the genus *Garrulus* and is part of the jay group. The taxon is also known by the short name *G. glandarius* and has common names including Eichelhäher, Arrendajo euroasiático, and Geai des chênes. It was described in the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia and is recognized as an accepted species with authority attributed to Linnaeus (1758).

The species has a range that includes China, the Nanling Mountains, and Africa. Its conservation status is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List, with a record from 2025. Physical characteristics include a wingspan of 0.54 and a mass of 8.5. Reproductive data indicates a litter size of 4.6 and an egg incubation period of 20 days. The organism is referenced by 411 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderPasseriformes
  4. FamilyCorvidae

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Encyclopedic overview

The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius), 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.

Taxonomy and systematics

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