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Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocitta

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blujay) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanocitta

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

AviList 2025 eBird (blujay) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.