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Cyanocitta

Cyanocitta

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae

Genus

Cyanocitta

The genus Cyanocitta is a New World genus of jays, passerine birds of the family Corvidae. Cyanocitta includes only two of the New World jays; they are blue, crested birds that differ in the colour of the head. Their ranges generally do not overlap.

C. cristata, Blue Jay
C. stelleri, Steller's Jay

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