Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata - Geai bleu
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Corvidés
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Genus:
Cyanocitta
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Species:
cristata
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 30 cm
- Wingspan: 34 à 43 cm.
- Weight: 70 à 100 g
Longevity
18 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Cyanocitta cristata cristata (ec and se USA)
- Cyanocitta cristata bromia (s Canada and c USA)
- Cyanocitta cristata semplei (s Florida. se USA.)
- Cyanocitta cristata cyanotephra (wc USA)
Foreign names
- Geai bleu,
- Chara azul,
- gaio-azul,
- Blauhäher,
- kék szajkó,
- Blauwe Gaai,
- Ghiandaia azzurra,
- blåskrika,
- Blåskrike,
- kapuciarka modrá,
- sojka chocholatá,
- Blå Skovskade,
- sinitöyhtönärhi,
- gaig nord-americà,
- modrosójka błękitna,
- zilais sīlis,
- Голубая сойка,
- アオカケス,
- 冠蓝鸦,
- 冠藍鴉,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal, Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Urban Areas
Sources of information
- CROWS and JAYS, MADGE Steve
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes