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Garrulus
Black-headed jay (G. lanceolatus), India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Subfamily: Corvinae
Genus: Garrulus
Brisson, 1760
Type species
Garrulus glandarius
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
  • Garrulus glandarius
  • Garrulus lanceolatus
  • Garrulus lidthi

Garrulus is a genus of Old World jays, passerine birds in the family Corvidae.

Taxonomy and systematics

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The genus was established by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.[1] The type species is the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius).[2][3] The name Garrulus is a Latin word meaning chattering, babbling or noisy.[4]

Species

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Three species are currently accepted,[5] though some authors split Eurasian jay into three species, thereby accepting five species in the genus.[6]

Genus Garrulus Brisson, 1760 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Eurasian jay

Garrulus glandarius
(Linnaeus, 1758)

34 subspecies in three main groups
Western Europe and north-western Africa east to the Indian subcontinent and Eastern Asia
Map of range
Size: 32–37 cm

Habitat: woodland

Diet: omnivorous; specialising in acorns in autumn and winter
 LC 


Black-headed jay

Garrulus lanceolatus
Vigors, 1830

Monotypic
Eastern Afghanistan east along the Himalayas, through northern India to Nepal and Bhutan Size: 33 cm

Habitat: woodland

Diet: omnivorous; specialising in acorns in autumn and winter
 LC 


Lidth's jay

Garrulus lidthi
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Monotypic
Ryukyu Islands south of Japan Size: 38 cm

Habitat: woodland

Diet: omnivorous
 VU 


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