Eurasian Jay

(Garrulus glandarius)

Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Least Concern

Population size: 100 000-200 000 pairs

Density pattern

Uneven and relatively high distribution. In most of the occupied territory breed hundreds of pairs per square (in the mountains, fore – mountains and plains with deciduous forests). The density is lower (tens of pairs per square breed) in the coniferous belt, in the woodless parts of the mountains and in some areas in the plains with scarce forest cover where it reaches less than 10 pairs per square.

Comparative distribution of the species compared to the first breeding birds atlas (Iankov, 2007): Breeding locality until 2007 | Breeding locality until 2007, confirmed after 2015 – | New breeding locality after 2015. – The breeding localities after 2015 are identified on a base of raw data from smartbirds.org.

Habitats

Breeds mainly in broad – leaved deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests, and secondary nesting habitats are orchards, tree and shrub plantations, strips of trees, shrubs and mosaics of them, public parks and gardens, and other forested areas of towns, villages and industrial zones.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed