Crows & Jays in Russia
Our list for Russia has 9 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantRare39–43 cmRegularly Sep–May
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
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Carrion 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