Crows & Jays in Donegal
Our list for Donegal has 7 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Donegal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
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