Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae (Còrvids)
- GenusGarrulus (Old World Jays)
- SpeciesGarrulus glandarius (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. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Jay sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Jiuzhaigou National Park
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythroryncha
Collared Crow
Corvus torquatus
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Sichuan Jay
Perisoreus internigrans
Chestnut Thrush
Turdus rubrocanus
Elliot's Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron elliotii
Buff-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus pulcher
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch
Carpodacus dubius
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 Jiuzhaigou National Park?
About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Jay sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Eurasian Jay in Jiuzhaigou National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Eurasian Jay in Jiuzhaigou National Park in our monthly data.