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Jay

Jays
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family†:Corvidae
Genera
Garrulus
Aphelocoma
Gymnorhinus
Cyanocitta
Perisoreus
Cyanocorax
† see also: Corvidae
for other crow genera
Jay is a common name for several species of medium sized, usually colorful and noisy passerine or perching birds in the family Corvidae, or crow family.

See classification box for relevant genera links:

Species list:

  • Crested Jay, Platylophus galericulatus
  • Black Magpie, Platysmurus leucopterus (a jay despite its name)

  • Siberian Jay>Perisoreus infaustus</i>
  • Sichuan Jay, Perisoreus internigrans
  • Gray Jay[?] or Whiskeyjack, Perisoreus canadensis

  • Black-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta colliei
  • White-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta formosa

  • Tufted Jay, Cyanocorax dickeyi
  • Black-chested Jay, Cyanocorax affinis
  • Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas
  • Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio
  • Bushy-crested Jay, Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
  • San Blas Jay, Cyanocorax sanblasianus
  • Yucatan Jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus
  • Purplish-backed Jay, Cyanocorax beecheii
  • Purplish Jay, Cyanocorax cyanomelas
  • Azure Jay, Cyanocorax caeruleus
  • Violaceous Jay, Cyanocorax violaceus
  • Curl-crested Jay, Cyanocorax cristatellus
  • Azure-naped Jay, Cyanocorax heilprini
  • Cayenne Jay, Cyanocorax cayanus
  • Plush-crested Jay, Cyanocorax chrysops
  • White-naped Jay, Cyanocorax cyanopogon
  • White-tailed Jay, Cyanocorax mystacalis

  • Black-collared Jay, Cyanolyca armillata
  • Turquoise Jay, Cyanolyca turcosa
  • White-collared Jay, Cyanolyca viridicyana
  • Azure-hooded Jay, Cyanolyca cucullata
  • Beautiful Jay, Cyanolyca pulchra
  • Black-throated Jay, Cyanolyca pumilo
  • Dwarf Jay, Cyanolyca nana
  • Silvery-throated Jay, Cyanolyca argentigula
  • White-throated Jay, Cyanolyca mirabilis

  • Florida Scrub-Jay[?], Aphelocoma coerulescens
  • Island Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma insularis
  • Western Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica
  • Mexican Jay[?], Aphelocoma ultramarina
  • Unicolored Jay, Aphelocoma unicolor

See also the Ground-jays.



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