Blue Jay

“Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. Male: Purplish-blue, below pale purplish-gray, whitening on throat, belly, and crissum. A black collar across lower throat and up the sides of the neck and head behind the crest; a black frontlet bordered with whitish. Wings pure rich blue, with black bars, the greater coverts, secondaries, and tail-feathers, except the central, broadly tipped with pure white; tail much rounded, the graduation over an inch.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

migratory birds, birds, blue jay, ornithology, Cyanocitta cristata, North American birds, omnivorous birds, crested birds, passerine birds, ground forager

Galleries

Birds: J-L

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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