Eurasian Jay

The Eurasian jay is a relatively small crow-family bird, 34 to 35cm long with a wingspan of 52 to 58cm. It has pinkish-brown plumage with a black stripe on each side of a whitish throat, a bright blue panel on the upper wing, and a black tail. The most characteristic call is a harsh, rasping screech, and it imitates birds of prey (Wikipedia, general species account).

It inhabits mixed woodland, particularly with oaks, and is a habitual acorn hoarder, with single acorns recorded carried as far as 20km. Both sexes build the nest, usually in a tree fork at 2 to 5m, and the eggs are laid daily, normally early in the morning. The sources read describe the species mainly in Europe, and do not name Bhutan, so its occurrence there is flagged.