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Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 108,856, February 80,399, March 125,967, April 198,176, May 285,738, June 311,579, July 333,410, August 286,731, September 210,511, October 157,131, November 85,864, December 67,109.
United States2,251,478
Alaska2,251,470
Russia22,583
Germany7,183
United Kingdom5,413
England4,943
France3,763
Italy3,743
Moscow2,239
Spain2,157

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • Tool-usingUses tools to obtain food or solve problemsChecked by the maintainer
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyCrows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
GenusOld World Jays · Garrulus

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