This Chinese endemic jay lives in high-altitude conifer forest. It is gray, eats nuts and insects, and may store nuts for winter.
Its plumage is sooty gray, darker on the head, throat, wings, and tail, and lighter below. The bill is pale yellow and the legs are black.
It lives in conifer forest at about 3,000–4,000 m and eats insects, seeds, and nuts. It stores some nuts for winter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.