Eurasian Jay
Photo: Luc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

NENot Evaluated
Family
Crows, Jays, and Magpies (Corvidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

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.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.