BIOMETRICS:
Length: 32-36 cm
Weight: 150-190 g
DESCRIPTION:
Eurasian Jay is a beautiful Corvidae easy to identify thanks to the bright blue wing patch.
Both adults are similar with pinkish-grey to reddish-brown upperparts. Rump and uppertail coverts are pure white contrasting with black tail. Upperwing shows rufous lesser and median coverts, and bright blue finely barred black primary and outer great coverts. Rest of upperwing shows black to grey-black feathers with white bases or edges, giving a complex wing pattern very conspicuous in flight.
Underparts are similar to mantle. Vent and undertail coverts are white.