Blue jay | Facts & Information

# Blue Jay | Facts & Information

Blue Jay | Discover Fascinating Facts and Information About Blue Jay

The Blue Jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of bird that inhabits much of Western Europe, northwestern Africa and part of Asia to Japan.

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Origin

It was one of many bird species described by Linnaeus in the 18th century. It inhabits mainly forests and forested places with oaks.

Food Gaita

Gaita also feeds in trees and at ground level.

It consumes a wide range of invertebrates, pests, insects, Acorns, Oak seeds (which it buries for winter use), fruit, other smaller birds, eggs, and small rodents.

Winter food is stored in hollows or under the bark of trees thus helping to spread some plant species.

Gaita Features

Gaita is a medium-sized bird of 32-35cm that weighs about 170g. the plumage is reddish, with a color of blue mottled with black on the wings.

The unusual sound is an alarm call, a scream used to spot various prey animals. Gaita is known for imitating different species, the difference being almost impossible to make without seeing the bird.

In case of danger warn other birds with an alarm sound.

Breeding Gaita

Nests are built in trees or shrubs in early April, and at the end of the month the female lays and hatches in them usually 4-7 eggs, greenish white, which hatch after 16-19 days.