Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyCorvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies)
- GenusGarrulus (Old World Jays)
- SpeciesGarrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)
About the Eurasian Jay
The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of passerine bird in the 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.
The Eurasian jay was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Corvus glandarius. Linnaeus specified the locality as "Europa" but this was restricted to Sweden by Ernst Hartert in 1903. The Eurasian jay is now one of three species placed in the genus Garrulus that was established in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson. The genus name Garrulus is a Latin word meaning "chattering", "babbling" or "noisy". The specific epithet glandarius is Latin meaning... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Ecrins National Park
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Eurasian Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Coal Tit
Periparus ater
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Eurasian Jay in Ecrins National Park?
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Jay sighting in Ecrins National Park, based on 67 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Eurasian Jay in Ecrins National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Eurasian Jay in Ecrins National Park in our monthly data.