Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Scientific name definitions
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (40)
Steve Madge, Josep del Hoyo, David Christie, Nigel Collar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Nárgila Moura
Version: 2.0 — Published April 15, 2022
Revision Notes
Version: 2.0 — Published April 15, 2022
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Grifsha |
| Arabic | أبو زُريق الأوراسي |
| Armenian | Անտառային կաչաղակ |
| Asturian | Glayu euroasiñticu |
| Azerbaijani | Zığ–zığ |
| Basque | Eskinosoa |
| Bulgarian | Сойка |
| Catalan | gaig eurasiàtic |
| Chinese | 松鴉 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 松鸦 |
| Croatian | šojka |
| Czech | sojka obecná |
| Danish | Skovskade |
| Dutch | Gaai |
| English | Eurasian Jay |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Jay |
| Finnish | närhi |
| French | Geai des chênes |
| French (France) | Geai des chênes |
| Galician | Gaio común |
| German | Eichelhäher |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκή) Κίσσα |
| Hebrew | עורבני |
| Hungarian | Szajkó |
| Icelandic | Skrækskaði |
| Italian | Ghiandaia |
| Japanese | カケス |
| Korean | 어치 |
| Latvian | Sīlis |
| Lithuanian | Kėkštas |
| Mongolian | Ятга шаазгай |
| Norwegian | nøtteskrike |
| Persian | جیجاق |
| Polish | sójka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaio |
| Romanian | Gaiță |
| Russian | Сойка |
| Serbian | Sojka |
| Slovak | sojka obyčajná |
| Slovenian | Šoja |
| Spanish | Arrendajo Euroasiático |
| Spanish (Spain) | Arrendajo euroasiático |
| Swedish | nötskrika |
| Thai | นกปีกลายสก็อต |
| Turkish | Alakarga |
| Ukrainian | Сойка звичайна |
Revision Notes
Harold F. Greeney standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Corvus glandarius
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.106.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europa; restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 29).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GARRULUS
- garrulus
- glandaria / glandarius
- Glandarius
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