Amami jay
Garrulus lidthi Bonaparte, 1850
Status not recordedsongbirds
The amami jay (Garrulus lidthi) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 125 g.
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Quick facts about the amami jay
- Weight
- 125 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4
- Lifestyle
- Perching
- Migration
- Sedentary
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the amami jay live?
Not recorded
Is the amami jay endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the amami jay classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCorvidae
- genusGarrulus
- SpeciesGarrulus lidthi Bonaparte, 1850
Synonyms Garrulus lidthi samuel, Garrulus lidthi superbus, Garrulus lidthii
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- Lidth's jayEnglish
- قيق لدثArabic
- Kegin LidthBreton
- gaig de LidthCatalan
- sojka pestráCzech
- sgrech borfforWelsh
- Nansei SkovskadeDanish
- PrachthäherGerman
- amamia garoloEsperanto
- Chara de LidthSpanish
- ryukyu pasknäärEstonian
- جیجاق لیدتPersian
- riukiunnärhiFinnish
- Geai de LidthFrench
- riukiuška šojkaCroatian
- kékfejű szajkóHungarian
- Ghiandaia di AmamiItalian
- ルリカケスJapanese
- puošnusis kėkštasLithuanian
- Amami sīlisLatvian
- Tʼádootłʼizhii dibéłchíʼígííNavajo
- Lidths GaaiDutch
- amamiskrikeNorwegian
- sójka wspaniałaPolish
- لڈتھ رولا کاںWestern Panjabi
- gaio-de-amamiPortuguese
- Украшенная сойкаRussian
- sojka dúbravováSlovak
- Amami sojkaSerbian
- amamiskrikaSwedish
- Lidth AlakargasıTurkish
- сойка риукійськаUkrainian
- 琉球松鴉Chinese
- Japana garoloEsperanto
- Arrendajo de LidthSpanish
- Urraca de LidthSpanish
- Ghiandaia di LidthItalian
- gaio-de-lidthPortuguese
- сойка ріукійськаUkrainian
- 琉球松鸦Chinese
Relatives of the amami jay
Other species in the same genus Garrulus.
CompareAmami jay vs Eurasian jayAmami jay vs Black-headed jayAmami jay vs Garrulus iliceti
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the amami jay?
An adult amami jay weighs 125 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the amami jay?
The amami jay (Garrulus lidthi) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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