Mexican Jay

Aphelocoma ultramarina

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Crows and Jays (Corvidae)

Code 4

MEJA

Code 6

APHULT

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown at all ages.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Blue
Forehead Color: Blue
Nape Color: Blue
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 28-33 cm (11-13 in)
Weight: 122 g (4.3 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Blue, Gray
Underparts: White with gray wash.
Upperparts: Gray-brown back with blue wings.
Back Pattern: No Data
Belly Pattern: No Data
Breast Pattern: No Data

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Slow steady buoyant wing beats. Glides between perches within trees, between trees and from trees to ground.
Wingspan Range: 38 cm (15 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Forked Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Blue
Under Tail: Blue-gray
Leg Color: Black

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