Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Cyanocitta
eBird Code
blujay

Subspecies (4)

  • Cyanocitta cristata bromia

    southern Canada (Alberta to Quebec) to central USA; winters to southeastern USA

  • Cyanocitta cristata cristata

    east-central and southeastern USA

  • Cyanocitta cristata cyanotephra

    southeastern Wyoming and Nebraska to western Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas

  • Cyanocitta cristata semplei

    southern Florida

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.