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Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus]

Garrulus glandarius [glandarius, cervicalis, atricapillus, hyrcanus, brandtii, japonicus] (= Garrulus glandarius glandarius) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The Eurasian jay is a species of passerine bird in the family Corvidae. It 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 very different from each other, especially when comparing forms at the extremes of its range. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Garrulus
Scientific:
  Garrulus glandarius glandarius


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.106

Protonym:
  Corvus glandarius

Type locality:
  Europa; restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 29).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/124/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3B86B35F537693E0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3B86B35F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3B86B35F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560214

Geographic range:

  • Garrulus glandarius glandarius: northern and central Europe
  • Garrulus glandarius hibernicus: Ireland
  • Garrulus glandarius rufitergum: southern Scotland, England, Wales, and northern France
  • Garrulus glandarius fasciatus (fasciatus): southern, central, and eastern Spain
  • Garrulus glandarius fasciatus (lusitanicus): northern Portugal and northern Spain
  • Garrulus glandarius corsicanus: Corsica
  • Garrulus glandarius ichnusae: Sardinia
  • Garrulus glandarius albipectus {albipectus or yugoslavicus}: Italy, coastal Balkans from Croatia to Albania and Ionian Islands (western Greece)
  • Garrulus glandarius albipectus (jordansi): Sicily
  • Garrulus glandarius graecus: Kosovo and southern Serbia to southern Bulgaria and mainland Greece
  • Garrulus glandarius ferdinandi: southeastern Bulgaria to northern Türkiye (Istranca Mountains)
  • Garrulus glandarius cretorum: Crete
  • Garrulus glandarius glaszneri: Cyprus
  • Garrulus glandarius sewerzowii: Scandinavia and western Russia
  • Garrulus glandarius cervicalis: northeastern Algeria and Tunisia
  • Garrulus glandarius minor: Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria
  • Garrulus glandarius whitakeri: northern Morocco and northwestern Algeria
  • Garrulus glandarius atricapillus: Lebanon to southern Syria, Israel, and western Jordan
  • Garrulus glandarius samios: Samos and Ikaria region of eastern Aegean Sea
  • Garrulus glandarius anatoliae: western Türkiye and eastern Aegean Sea to northern Iraq and southwestern Iran
  • Garrulus glandarius iphigenia: Crimean Peninsula
  • Garrulus glandarius krynicki: Caucasus, Transcaucasia, and northern Türkiye
  • Garrulus glandarius hyrcanus: northern Iran (Elzburg Mountains and south shore of Caspian Sea)
  • Garrulus glandarius brandtii: Ural Mountains to Siberia, Lake Baikal, and Altai and Sayan mountains
  • Garrulus glandarius bambergi: Mongolia to Sakhalin, southern Kuril Islands, Hokkaido, and Korea
  • Garrulus glandarius kansuensis: Kazakhstan (eastern Tien Shan) and western China (Gansu)
  • Garrulus glandarius pekingensis: northern China (Liaoning) and southwestern Manchuria
  • Garrulus glandarius japonicus: Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, northern Kyushu, and Tsushima)
  • Garrulus glandarius namiyei: Tsushima Islands (southwestern Japan)
  • Garrulus glandarius tokugawae: Sado Island (Japan)
  • Garrulus glandarius hiugaensis: Japan (Izu Peninsula of Honshu, southern Kyushu, and Kagoshima)
  • Garrulus glandarius orii: Yakushima Island (Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan)
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English:
Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus]
French:
Geai des chênes [glandarius ou japonicus]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus] ( Garrulus glandarius [glandarius, cervicalis, atricapillus, hyrcanus, brandtii, japonicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus] ( Garrulus glandarius [glandarius, cervicalis, atricapillus, hyrcanus, brandtii, japonicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus] ( Garrulus glandarius [glandarius, cervicalis, atricapillus, hyrcanus, brandtii, japonicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus] ( Garrulus glandarius [glandarius or japonicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus] ( Garrulus glandarius [glandarius or japonicus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus] ( Garrulus glandarius [glandarius or japonicus])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius) [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Garrulus glandarius

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German: Eichelhäher
English: Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Jay [glandarius or japonicus]
Esperanto: garolo
Spanish: Arrendajo euroasiático
French: Geai des chênes, Geai des chênes (Europe), Geai des chênes [glandarius or japonicus], Geai des chênes [glandarius ou japonicus]
Armenian: Անտառային կաչաղակ
Georgian: ჩხიკვი
Scientific: Corvus glandarius, Garrulus glandarius, Garrulus glandarius [glandarius or japonicus], Garrulus glandarius [glandarius, cervicalis, atricapillus, hyrcanus, brandtii, japonicus], Garrulus glandarius glandarius
Polish: sójka
Russian: Сойка
Slovenian: šoja

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