Jay (Eurasian)

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Scientific Name: Garrulus glandarius

Appearance: Smaller than jackdaw. White crown striped dark, white throat and thick black ‘moustache’. Body plumage pinkish grey-brown. Light blue panel barred dark on wings. White patch on black wings and large white rump evident in flight. Black tail and short, thick, dark bill. Sexes alike.

Song: Large repertoire of varied, but largely simple, calls, including mimcry of, e.g., buzzard, sparrowhawk, carrion crow. Soft, quiet ‘song’ rarely heard or described. Most frequently heard vocalisations are nasal mewing pee-oo, or loud, harsh skairk!, likened to the sound of tearing cloth.

When heard: Resident. Commoner calls described above produced year-round.

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