Crows & Jays in Germany
Our list for Germany has 9 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year
Pied CrowCorvus albusScarceRare46–52 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Alpine Chough 36–39 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Carrion Crow 44–51 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 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