Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Crows and Jays (Corvidae)

Code 4

BLJA

Code 6

CYACRI

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown to brown-black.
Head Pattern: Crested or plumed, Eyering
Crown Color: Purple-blue
Forehead Color: Black to Purple-blue.
Nape Color: Purple-blue
Throat Color: White washed with gray.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 28 cm (11 in)
Weight: 85 g (3 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Blue, Gray
Underparts: White washed with gray.
Upperparts: Blue body with fine black bars on wings.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with buoyant steady wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 41 cm (16 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: Blue with fine black bars.
Under Tail: White washed with gray.
Leg Color: Black

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