Eurasian jay
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The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of passerine bird in the crow 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 further 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.
Eurasian jay | |
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Nominate subspecies in Belgium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Garrulus |
Species: | G. glandarius |
Binomial name | |
Garrulus glandarius | |
Subspecies | |
33 (in eight groups) - see text | |
Range | |
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The bird is called jay, without any epithets, by English speakers in Great Britain and Ireland.