Eurasian jay: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Eurasian jay lives – recorded in 66 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Garrulus glandarius
Group	Crows, jays & magpies
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	66 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	8.5 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Corvidae

Where does the Eurasian jay live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Eurasian jay in 66 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Eurasian jay?

Wikidata records the following for the Eurasian jay: mass 8.5 g (birth weight).

Is the Eurasian jay endangered?

The Eurasian jay’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Eurasian jay?

The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Corvidae, genus Garrulus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

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 the vast Species distribution, several distinct racial forms have evolved which look different from each other, especially when comparing forms at the extremes of its range.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eurasian jay (revision 1379611407), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25354 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).