Crows & Jays in China
Our list for China has 9 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 5 summer visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorRare34–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixScarceRare44–51 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Alpine Chough 36–39 cm
- Red-billed Chough 39–43 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made