A jay with a grayish body and conspicuous pale rusty patches on the tail and wings. It uses dense conifer forest for breeding.
It has a dark sooty cap, pale facial and throat feathers, grayish-brown upperparts, and rusty patches on parts of the tail and wings.
It eats mainly insects, berries, and seeds. In winter it may also take small mammals and birds, and it uses dense conifer forest during breeding.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.