Black-headed Jay

Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors, 1830

Black-headed Jay, Garrulus lanceolatus, is a passerine in the crow family found in open wooded country from eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan across western Tibet, Nepal and northern India. It was described by Vigors in 1830. The bird is mostly grey with a black head, an untidy crest, white streaking on the throat and a pale bill. It is about the same size as the Eurasian jay, but looks slimmer overall. It is non-migratory and occurs where trees and scrub are present, including cultivated areas and places near villages.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Corvidae — Crows, Jays

Breeding range

Palearctic: e Afghanistan and n Pakistan to w Tibet, Nepal and n India