Eurasian jay
Amazing fact
A Eurasian jay rubs its body and wings among ants, letting them crawl over it.
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A Eurasian jay rubs its body and wings among ants, letting them crawl over it.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Eurasian jay
- Scientific name
- Garrulus glandarius
- Japanese name
- カケス
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Garrulus
A member of the crow family that lives in woods. In autumn and winter it can also be seen in the lowlands.
Its wings have bright blue patches finely marked with black.
It stores acorns to eat, and it can also imitate the calls of other birds.
How the Eurasian jay lives
They are active during the day. They crack acorn shells with their bills to get at the contents. They also bathe in water.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Total length: 33 cm日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN
- Weight
- average 170 gUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Active
- By day (diurnal)University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Range
- Europe and AsiaUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
Where the Eurasian jay has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- カケス
- 简体中文
- 松鸦
- 繁體中文
- 松鴉
- 한국어
- 유라시아어치
- Español
- Arrendajo euroasiático
- Français
- Geai des chênes
- Deutsch
- Eichelhäher
- Português (Brasil)
- Gaio-comum
- Italiano
- Ghiandaia
- العربية
- قيق أوراسي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Celung eurasia
- Tiếng Việt
- Quạ thông Á Âu
- Русский
- Сойка
- Türkçe
- Bayağı alakarga
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 日本野鳥の会 BIRD FAN — カケスChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Garrulus glandariusChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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