Eurasian jay
Scientific name: Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
The Eurasian jay 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.
From the Wikipedia article “Eurasian jay”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3.
Size and lifespan
| Measurement | Value |
|---|---|
| Birth weight | 8.5 g |
Source: Wikidata, citing “AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING”, article by Terje Lislevand et al published June 2007 in Ecology.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Africa; Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China); Southern Asia.
Common names
Also known in English as Jay.
Names in other languages (11)
- Arabic
- قيق أوراسي
- Chinese
- 松鸦
- French
- Geai des chênes
- German
- Eichelhäher
- Indonesian
- Celung eurasia
- Japanese
- カケス
- Persian
- جیجاق
- Portuguese
- gaio, gaio-comum, gaio-eurasiático
- Russian
- сойка
- Spanish
- Arrendajo euroasiático
- Turkish
- Bayağı alakarga
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, measurements, names in other languages. Q25354, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Eurasian jay”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Donkey shot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026