{"id":25427,"date":"2012-11-05T14:34:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:03","slug":"jay-garrulus-glandarius","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Garrulus glandarius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa 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.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Eurasian Jay\u00a0<i>Garrulus\u00a0glandarius<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-299-25427\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2241\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-9.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2240\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-8.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2239\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-7.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2238\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-6.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2237\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-5.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2236\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-4.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2235\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-3.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2234\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-2.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Greifensee ZH, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Greifensee ZH, Switzerland\" alt=\"Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/thumbs\/thumbs_jay-garrulus-glandarius-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2233\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/jay-garrulus-glandarius\/jay-garrulus-glandarius-1.jpg\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jay (Garrulus glandarius) at Rheindelta, 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