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English Eurasian Jay
Scientific (Garrulus glandarius)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Corvidae
Family (English) Crows, Jays
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions PAL, OR
Breeding Range Subregions widespread, also nw Africa
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bangladesh,Belarus,Belgium,Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Cambodia,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland, France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar,Greece,Hong Kong,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq, Ireland,Israel,Italy,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Laos,Latvia,Lebanon,Liechtenstein, Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macao,Macedonia,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Myanmar, Nepal,Netherlands,North Korea,Norway,Pakistan,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,San Marino, Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,South Korea,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Thailand, Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
hibernicus Ireland
atricapillus w Syria, w Jordan and Israel
hyrcanus se Azerbaijan and n Iran
brandtii s Siberia, n Mongolia, nw, ne China, Korean Pen. and n Japan
kansuensis c China
pekingensis e China
japonicus Honshu, Oshima and Kyushu (c, s Japan)
tokugawae Sado I. (off Honshu, c Japan)
orii Yakushima (Osumi Is., s Japan)
sinensis n Myanmar and s, e China
taivanus Taiwan
bispecularis w Himalayas to w Nepal
interstinctus e Himalayas
persaturatus ne India (s Assam)
oatesi nw Myanmar
haringtoni w Myanmar
krynicki ne Turkey and the Caucasus
iphigenia Crimean Pen. (n coast of the Black Sea)
rufitergum Scotland, England, Wales and nw France
glandarius n, c Europe to the Ural Mts.
fasciatus Iberian Pen.
corsicanus Corsica
ichnusae Sardinia
albipectus Italy, Sicily and the Dalmatian coast
graecus w Balkans including Greece
ferdinandi e Bulgaria and n Turkey
cretorum Crete
glaszneri Cyprus
whitakeri n Morocco and nw Algeria
minor c Morocco and the Atlas Mts. of n Algeria
cervicalis n, ne Algeria and Tunisia
samios Samos (se Aegean Sea)
anatoliae w Turkey to w Iran and n Iraq
leucotis c Myanmar to c, s Indochina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Eichelhäher
French Geai des chênes
Chinese 松鸦
Japanese カケス
Russian Сойка
Spanish Arrendajo euroasiático
Portuguese gaio-eurasiático
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)