Crows & Jays in Sligo
Our list for Sligo has 7 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 6 residents and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sligo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly May–Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxScarceUncommon39–43 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Red-billed Chough 39–43 cm
- Magpie 44–46 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

