Editing Jay (section)

{{Short description|Bird}}
{{Other uses}}
{{redirect|Jay (bird)|other uses|jay bird (disambiguation)}}
{{Paraphyletic group
| auto = yes
| image = Garrulus glandarius 1 Luc Viatour.jpg
| image_caption = [[Eurasian jay]] (''Garrulus glandarius'')
| parent = Corvidae
| includes_text = Genera
| includes = 
*''[[Garrulus]]''
*''[[Podoces]]''
*''[[Ptilostomus]]''
*''[[Perisoreus]]''
*''[[Aphelocoma]]''
*''[[Gymnorhinus]]''
*''[[Cyanocitta]]''
*''[[Cyanocorax]]''
*''[[Cyanolyca]]''
}}

A '''jay''' is a bird that [[species]] of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, [[passerine]] [[birds]] in the [[crow]] [[family (biology)|family]], [[Corvidae]]. The evolutionary relationships between the jays and the  [[magpie]]s are rather complex. For example, the [[Eurasian magpie]] seems more closely related to the [[Eurasian jay]] than to the [[East Asian]] [[Urocissa|blue]] and [[Cissa (bird)|green magpies]], whereas the [[blue jay]] is not closely related to either. The Eurasian jay distributes oak acorns, contributing to the growth of oak woodlands over time.