Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius atricapillus / עורבני שחור-כיפה
The Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius atricapillus) is a playable bird in Wingsy: Avian Adventures. Harvests ripe pecans from the branches, carries them across the map, buries them in secret caches and remembers every one. Mimics raptor calls to scatter smaller birds.
Field notes
| Scientific name | Garrulus glandarius atricapillus |
|---|---|
| Hebrew name | עורבני שחור-כיפה |
| Wingspan | 0.52 m |
| Weight | 160 g |
| Top speed (in game) | 40 km/h |
| Dive speed (in game) | 62 km/h |
| Eats | pecans, beetles, mulberries and loquats |
| Ancestral nest | Twig nest in the pecan forest |
| Signature mechanic | Pecan Caching & Mimicry |
| Movement | walks on the ground |
How to play the Eurasian Jay
Pick up to three pecans from branches with R, carry them somewhere quiet and bury them with R on the ground. Your caches stay where you left them, so you can come back and dig them up.
- R Harvest / Cache / Retrieve
- R near a pecan on a branch: pick (carry up to 3). R on the ground: bury a cache, or dig up a cache you are standing on.
- T Raptor Mimicry
- imitate a buzzard scream - nearby small birds and crows scatter.
- C Screech
- harsh jay screech.
Story quest: The Pecan Harvest
Golden Grade-A pecans have ripened in the pecan grove. Harvest and cache 10 of them before the hooded crows find them. Reward: 450 XP. Start it at its golden marker on the map with G.
The real bird
The Eurasian Jay of Israel belongs to the black-capped subspecies atricapillus. Jays bury thousands of acorns and nuts each autumn and find most of them again months later. They also imitate other birds, including birds of prey.
The calls you hear in the game are real recordings from xeno-canto.org, credited in the game's sound credits.