Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Cyanocitta
- eBird Code
- blujay
Subspecies (4)
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Cyanocitta cristata bromia
southern Canada (Alberta to Quebec) to central USA; winters to southeastern USA
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Cyanocitta cristata cristata
east-central and southeastern USA
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Cyanocitta cristata cyanotephra
southeastern Wyoming and Nebraska to western Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas
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Cyanocitta cristata semplei
southern Florida
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.