Garrulus

Not to be confused with garrulous.

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

Garrulus
Black-headed jay (G. lanceolatus), India
Scientific 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

Taxonomy and systematics

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

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	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