Cyanocitta
Cyanocitta | |
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C. cristata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Cyanocitta Strickland, 1845 |
Species | |
The genus Cyanocitta is a New World genus of jays, passerine birds of the family Corvidae. Cyanocitta includes only two of the New World jays; they are blue, crested birds that differ in the colour of the head. Their ranges generally do not overlap.
- C. cristata, blue jay
- C. stelleri, Steller's jay