Wikipedia: Jay

Jay
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Jays

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family†:	Corvidae

Genera
Garrulus Aphelocoma Gymnorhinus Cyanocitta Perisoreus Cyanocorax

† see also: Corvidae
for other crow genera

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, closely allied to the magpies (the names 'jay' and 'magpie' are to a certain extent 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 jayss, treepies, magpies, nutcrackers and crows.

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