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. They are closely allied to the magpies and the names 'jay' and 'magpie' are somewhat interchangeable, not reflecting any genuine genetic difference between the two groups.

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
• Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans
• Gray Jay or Whiskeyjack Perisoreus canadensis

• Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
• Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata

• 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
• Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

• Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
• Lanceolated Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
• Lidth's Jay Garrulus lidthi

See also the ground jays, treepies, magpies, nutcrackers and crows.

External links

• Jay videos on the Internet Bird Collection

Corvidae

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