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.
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</i>
- Sichuan Jay, Perisoreus internigrans
- Gray Jay[?] or Whiskeyjack, Perisoreus canadensis
- 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
See also the Ground-jays.