Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Part of
- jay
- Has part
- crest of feathers
- Parent taxon
- Cyanocitta
- Named after
- Georg Wilhelm Steller
- Mass
- +94
- Image
- Steller's Jay DSC1327.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
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Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a bird native to western North America and the mountains of Central America, closely related to the blue jay (C. cristata) found in eastern North America. It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains. It is also sometimes colloquially called a "blue jay" in the Pacific Northwest, but is distinct from the blue jay of eastern North America. The species inhabits pine-oak and coniferous forests.
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Birds described in 1788Birds of the Rio Grande valleysBirds of the United StatesCyanocittaFauna of the California chaparral and woodlandsFauna of the San Francisco Bay AreaIUCN Red List least concern speciesLeast concern biota of the United StatesMeso-American montane bird speciesNative birds of AlaskaNative birds of the Western United States