Turkestan Ground Jay

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When to see the Turkestan Ground Jay

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Turkestan Ground Jay

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Turkestan Ground Jay

The Turkestan ground jay, grey ground jay or Pander's ground-jay is a species of bird in the crow and jay family, Corvidae. It is found in central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. More specifically, they tend to be found in Astragalus, Calligonum and southern Salsola vegetation zones. It is closely related to the Iranian ground jay. Its natural habitat is sandy desert with low shrub cover. It also forages around human settlements and roads.

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Easily confused with

Iranian Ground JayPodoces pleskeiAround 24 cm (9.4 in) in length, with sandy beige feathers on the back, neck and upperparts, fading to off-white around the throat and breast. Xinjiang Ground JayPodoces biddulphiThe xinjiang ground jay is beige with partly black and white wings and a black cap. Mongolian Ground JayPodoces hendersoniThe bird is 28 cm (11 in) in length, with sandy-beige upperparts, off-white breast, and iridescent dark blue on the secondary feathers, and on the tips of the primary feathers.