Crows & Jays in Monaghan
Our list for Monaghan has 7 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 3 scarce visitors
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Monaghan than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Ulster.
All 7, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneScarceCommon45–47 cm
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxScarceCommon58–69 cm
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusScarceCommon32–35 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Common Raven 58–69 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