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JAY Birds

Blue Jay

The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex.  There are 46 types of Jays listed below, divided into 3 types: Blue Jays, Brown Jays, and Gray Jays.  My personal favorite: Cyanolyca pulchra (Beautiful Jay).

Source: Wikipedia Article:

Corvidae Websites

Types of Jays

Blue (American) Jays

  • Azure Jay, Cyanocorax caeruleus
  • Azure-hooded Jay, Cyanolyca cucullata
  • Azure-naped Jay, Cyanocorax heilprini
  • Beautiful Jay, Cyanolyca pulchra
  • Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
  • Black-chested Jay, Cyanocorax affinis
  • Black-collared Jay, Cyanolyca armillata
  • Black-throated Jay, Cyanolyca pumilo
  • Black-throated Magpie-jay, Calocitta colliei
  • Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio
  • Bushy-crested Jay, Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
  • Cayenne Jay, Cyanocorax cayanus
  • Curl-crested Jay, Cyanocorax cristatellus
  • Dwarf Jay, Cyanolyca nana
  • Florida Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
  • Green Jay, Cyanocorax ynca
  • Island Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma insularis
  • Mexican Jay, Aphelocoma ultramarina
  • Pinyon Jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
  • Plush-crested Jay, Cyanocorax chrysops
  • Purplish Jay, Cyanocorax cyanomelas
  • Purplish-backed Jay, Cyanocorax beecheii
  • San Blas Jay, Cyanocorax sanblasianus
  • Silvery-throated Jay, Cyanolyca argentigula
  • Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
  • Turquoise Jay, Cyanolyca turcosa
  • Unicolored Jay, Aphelocoma unicolor
  • Violaceous Jay, Cyanocorax violaceus
  • Western Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma californica
  • White-collared Jay, Cyanolyca viridicyana
  • White-naped Jay, Cyanocorax cyanopogon
  • White-tailed Jay, Cyanocorax mystacalis
  • White-throated Jay, Cyanolyca mirabilis
  • White-throated Magpie-jay, Calocitta formosa
  • Yucatan Jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus

Brown (Old World) Jays

  • Biddulph's Ground Jay, Podoces biddulphi
  • Eurasian Jay, Garrulus glandarius
  • Gray Ground Jay, Podoces panderi
  • Henderson's Ground Jay, Podoces hendersoni
  • Lanceolated Jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
  • Lidth's Jay, Garrulus lidthi
  • Persian Ground Jay, Podoces pleskei
  • Piapiac, Ptilostomus afer

Lidth's Jay
Lidth's Jay


Gray Jays

  • Gray Jay (Canada Jay or Whiskeyjack) Perisoreus canadensis
  • Siberian Jay, Perisoreus infaustus
  • Sichuan Jay, Perisoreus internigrans

Gray Jay
Gray Jay


Plush-crested Jay
Plush-crested Jay

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For further study:

Corvidae sites from Mr. Bird:

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds - Blue Jay

Earthlife.net: Birds - Corvids

MontereyBay.com: Corvids

PokeInTheEye.com: Corvids

University of Michigan Museum of Animal Diversity: Corvidae

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