#0576 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Jay

🇳🇱 Gaai ·Garrulus glandarius

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luc Viatour · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © lindernia-w · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Fomanu · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Nijmegen-Oost, Nijmegen, Niederlande:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 2801 ZZ Gouda, Nederland:© johnonline · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9406 XP Assen, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 5563 Westerhoven, Netherlands:© harrylurling · CC BY-ND 4.0

what is it?

The Eurasian jay ( Garrulus glandarius ) is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across its vast range, several very distinct racial forms have evolved to look very different from each other, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared.

base stats

NL sightings 1,552iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 110,549iNaturalist observations
weight 8.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,552 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #45 most seen of the birds in NL.
110,549 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 9 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).