---
title: "Eurasian Jay"
description: "Garrulus glandarius — Uccelli. The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of passerine bird in the family Corvidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Jay

> Garrulus glandarius — Uccelli. The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of passerine bird in the family Corvidae.

- Scientific name: *Garrulus glandarius*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 107690
- Wikidata: [Q25354](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25354)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8088](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8088)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Jay
- de: Eichelhäher
- es: Arrendajo euroasiático
- fr: Geai des chênes
- pt: Gaio-comum
- pl: Sójka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (28473), DE (9583), GB (7737), FR (6565), IT (5927), ES (3258), PT (2608), PL (2596), CZ (2559), UA (2427), CH (1717), AT (1658)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_jay

## Photo

![Eurasian Jay](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-jay/medium.jpg)

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153813410

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-jay?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).