Sooty jay
Perisoreus internigrans (Thayer & Bangs, 1912)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The sooty jay (Perisoreus internigrans) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 102 g to 104.8 g.
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Quick facts about the sooty jay
- Weight
- 102 g – 104.8 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perching
- Migration
- Sedentary
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the sooty jay live?
Not recorded
Is the sooty 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 sooty jay classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCorvidae
- genusPerisoreus
- SpeciesPerisoreus internigrans (Thayer & Bangs, 1912)
Synonyms Boanerges internigrans
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Sichuan grey jayEnglish
- Sichuan jayEnglish
- زرقف سيتشوانArabic
- gaig de SichuanCatalan
- sojka s-čchuanskáCzech
- sgrech lwyd SzechwanWelsh
- SichuanlavskrigeDanish
- SichuanhäherGerman
- Siĉuana garoloEsperanto
- Chara de SichuánSpanish
- hiina laanenäärEstonian
- nokikuukkeliFinnish
- Mésangeai du SichuanFrench
- crna šojkaCroatian
- szecsuáni szajkóHungarian
- Ghiandaia del SichuanItalian
- ハイイロカケスJapanese
- tamsusis kėkštasLithuanian
- Sičuaņas bēdrozisLatvian
- RoetgaaiDutch
- sotskrikeNorwegian
- sójka okopconaPolish
- gaio-de-sujuãoPortuguese
- Сычуаньская кукшаRussian
- škriekavec popolavýSlovak
- Sečuanska krejaSerbian
- sotlavskrikaSwedish
- Siçuan KargasıTurkish
- кукша китайськаUkrainian
- 黑头噪鸦Chinese
- Sichuan-HäherGerman
- siĉŭana garoloEsperanto
- Arrendajo de SichuanSpanish
- Arrendajo de SichuánSpanish
- Urraca de SichuánSpanish
- gaio-do-sujuãoPortuguese
- Черноголовая кукшаRussian
- 黑頭噪鴉Chinese
Relatives of the sooty jay
Other species in the same genus Perisoreus.

Siberian jay
Perisoreus infaustus
Gorby
Perisoreus canadensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sooty jay?
An adult sooty jay weighs 102 g – 104.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the sooty jay?
The sooty jay (Perisoreus internigrans) 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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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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