Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Skovskaden er en stor kragefugl i ordenen af spurvefugle. Den yngler både i løv- og nåleskove i et stort område fra det vestlige Europa og det nordvestlige Afrika til den asiatiske østkyst og det sydøstlige Asien.
Pinkish-brown with a black moustache from the bill, a pale streaked crown and a shining blue, black-barred wing panel. In flight the white gleams against the black tail.
Voice
A hoarse, rasping screech — like tearing cloth — used in alarm; also mimics raptors such as buzzards and goshawks so well only sight settles it.
Behaviour
Shy and mainly in woodland, though spreading into parks and gardens. Gathers and buries over a thousand acorns a year, making it the oak’s chief disperser.
When and where
A common resident with some 32,000 pairs (2011), most where conifers are plentiful — west and north Jutland, north Zealand and Bornholm. In some autumns large numbers invade from the north when the Scandinavian seed crop fails. Protected.
Facts
Wingspan
54 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Relatives
Family
crows and jays
Corvidae
Order
passerines
Passeriformes
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