It is not larger than an adult human's hand and has a brownish white coat of feathers.

Since 2004, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jay's conservation status as "Near Threatened" due to habitat fragmentation and degradation.

[2] Females incubate clutches of 1-3 eggs for 18 days[2] in open[3] nests; they mainly incubate in the morning, and spend more time doing so if temperatures are low.

They exhibit sexual dimorphism, and the males are larger than females.

[2] They are sometimes attracted to human-influenced areas such as highways,[4] but prefer not to nest near them.