Garrulus
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Distinguish|Garrulous}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Garrulus
| image = Cyprus jay (Garrulus glandarius glaszneri).jpg
| image_caption = G. glandarius glaszneri, Cyprus
| taxon = Garrulus
| authority = Brisson, 1760
| type_species = Garrulus glandarius
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = * 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.{{ cite book | last=Brisson | first=Mathurin Jacques | author-link=Mathurin Jacques Brisson | year=1760 | title=Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés | volume=1 | language=fr, la | page=30 | place=Paris | publisher=Jean-Baptiste Bauche | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36010428 }} The type species is the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius).{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Greenway | editor2-first=James C. Jr | year=1962 | title=Check-list of birds of the world | volume=15 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=228 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485601 }}{{ cite book | last=Brisson | first=Mathurin Jacques | author-link=Mathurin Jacques Brisson | year=1760 | title=Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés | volume=2 | language=fr, la | page=47 | place=Paris | publisher=Jean-Baptiste Bauche | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36011231 }} The name Garrulus is a Latin word meaning chattering, babbling or noisy.
=Species=
Three species are recognized:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2017 | title=Crows, mudnesters & birds-of-paradise | work=World Bird List Version 7.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/crows/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=28 May 2017 }}
{{Species table |genus= Garrulus |authority-name=Brisson|authority-year= 1760 |species-count=three|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Eurasian jay |binomial=Garrulus glandarius
|image=File:Peanut Thief (7184679351).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Western Europe and north-western Africa to the Indian subcontinent
|range-image=File:Garrulus glandarius distribution.jpg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/row
|name= Black-headed jay|binomial=Garrulus lanceolatus
|image=File:Black-headed-jay-rkd.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Vigors|authority-year= 1830 |authority-not-original=
|range=Eastern Afghanistan east the Himalayas, from India to Nepal and Bhutan
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/row
|name= Lidth's jay|binomial=Garrulus lidthi
|image=File:Garrulus lidthi Ueno 2013-10-06.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Bonaparte |authority-year=1850 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Japan
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= VU
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/end}}
=Former species=
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Garrulus:
References
{{Wikispecies|Garrulus}}
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{{Corvidae|1}}
{{Corvides|Co.|state=collapsed}}
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