Eurasian Jay

The Eurasian jay is a relatively small corvid, similar in size to a jackdaw, 34–35 centimetres long with a wingspan of 52–58 centimetres. The nominate race has light rufous to pinkish-brown body plumage, a whitish throat bordered on each side by a prominent black moustache stripe, and a whitish forehead and crown with black stripes. The upper surface of the wing is complex, with black and white bars and a prominent bright blue patch finely barred with black. The tail is black. (Wikipedia, general species account)

The Eurasian jay is a woodland bird occurring over a vast region from western Europe and northwest Africa to the Indian subcontinent and on to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into Southeast Asia. Across this range several distinct racial forms have evolved that look different from one another, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared. (Wikipedia, general species account)