Garrulus

Garrulus is a genus of Old World jays, passerine birds in the family Corvidae.

Garrulus
G. glandarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Garrulus Brisson, 1760
Species
Garrulus glandarius Garrulus lanceolatus Garrulus lidthi

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus was established by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.[1] The type species is the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius).[2][3] The name Garrulus is a Latin word meaning chattering, babbling or noisy.[4]

Species

Three species are recognized:[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Garrulus glandarius	Eurasian jay	Western Europe and north-western Africa to the Indian subcontinent
	Garrulus lanceolatus	Black-headed jay	Eastern Afghanistan east the Himalayas, from India to Nepal and Bhutan
	Garrulus lidthi	Lidth's jay	Japan

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Garrulus:

• Purple-winged roller (as Garrulus Temminckii)[6]

References

1. Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Volume 1. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. p. 30.
2. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 228.
3. Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Volume 2. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. p. 47.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Crows, mudnesters & birds-of-paradise". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
6. "Coracias temminckii - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-13.