Garrulus

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

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

Species

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

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 

References

  1. ↑ Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Vol. 1. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 228.
  3. ↑ Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Vol. 2. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. p. 47.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Crows, mudnesters & birds-of-paradise". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Hoyo, Josep del (2020). All the Birds of the World. Barcelona: Lynx edicions. p. 555. ISBN 978-84-16728-37-4.