The Jay belongs to which bird family?
"Beautiful jay The beautiful jay (""Cyanolyca pulchra"") is a species of bird in the crow and jay family Corvidae. It is closely related to the azure-hooded jay, and the two species are considered sister species. The species is monotypic, having no subspecies. The specific name for the beautiful jay, ""pulchra"", is derived from the Latin word for beautiful. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador, where its habitat includes humid montane forest and cloud forest. It can also be found around clearings and in secondary forest, but it is less common there. It often associates with watercourses and marshy areas"
"Jay Jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family, Corvidae. The names ""jay"" and ""magpie"" are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the East Asian blue and green magpies, whereas the blue jay is not closely related to either. Jays are not a monophyletic group. Anatomical and molecular evidence indicates they can be divided into an American and an Old World lineage (the latter including the ground jays and the piapiac), while the gray"
"Blue jay The blue jay (""Cyanocitta cristata"") is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America. It resides through most of eastern and central United States, although western populations may be migratory. Resident populations are also found in Newfoundland, Canada, while breeding populations can be found in southern Canada. It breeds in both deciduous and coniferous forests, and is common in residential areas. It is predominantly blue with a white chest and underparts, and a blue crest. It has a black, U-shaped collar around its neck and a black border behind the crest. Both sexes are similar"
"Yucatan jay The Yucatan jay (""Cyanocorax yucatanicus"") is a species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and their allies. It is native to the Yucatán Peninsula where its habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, plantations and cleared areas at altitudes up to . Adults are about long, black, with blue wings, mantle, and tail, black bills, yellow eye rings and legs. Immature birds have yellow bills. This is a common species of jay with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of ""least concern"". It is"
"light brown with brown spots. Young are altricial, and are brooded by the female for 8–12 days after hatching. They may remain with their parents for one to two months. The bird's name derives from its noisy, garrulous nature. It is sometimes called a ""jaybird"". The Blue Jay was first described as ""Pica glandaria cærulea cristata"" in English naturalist Mark Catesby's 1731 publication of ""Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas"". It was later described as ""Corvus cristatus"" in Carl Linnaeus' 1758 edition of ""Systema Naturae"". In the 19th century, the jay was described by French ornithologist Charles Lucien"
"some of their minor league affiliates. Their mascot, Ace, is an anthropomorphic blue jay. The blue jay is also the official mascot for Johns Hopkins University, Elmhurst College and Creighton University. The latter two spell the name as one word - Bluejay. It is also the provincial bird of the province of Prince Edward Island in Canada. Blue jay The blue jay (""Cyanocitta cristata"") is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America. It resides through most of eastern and central United States, although western populations may be migratory. Resident populations are also found in Newfoundland, Canada,"
"Cayenne jay The Cayenne jay (""Cyanocorax cayanus"") is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Cayenne jay in his ""Ornithologie"" based on a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. He used the French name ""Le geay de Cayenne"" and the Latin ""Garrulus Cayanensis"". Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial"
"Grey jay The grey jay (""Perisoreus canadensis""), also gray jay, Canada jay, camp robber, or whisky jack, is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae. It is found in boreal forests of North America north to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone south to New Mexico and Arizona. A fairly large songbird, the grey jay has pale grey underparts, darker grey upperparts, and a grey-white head with a darker grey nape. It is one of three members of the genus ""Perisoreus"", a genus more closely related to the magpie genus ""Cyanopica"" than to other birds known"
"Bonaparte in 1838 as ""Cyanocorax cristatus"" in ""A geographical and comparative list of the birds of Europe and North America"", and given its modern scientific name ""Cyanocitta cristata"" by Hugh Edwin Strickland in 1845. The genus name ""Cyanocitta"" derives from the Greek words 'kyaneos' (blue) and the 'kitta' and 'kissa' (chattering bird, jay), and the term 'blue chatterer' refers to the bright blue plumage of the head, nape, back, and tail of the bird. The specific name ""cristata"" (crested, tufted) derives from Latin referring to the prominent blue crest of the jay. The Blue Jay measures from bill to tail"
"Green jay The green jay (""Cyanocorax luxuosus"") is a bird species of the New World jays, and is found in Central America. Adults are about long and variable in colour across their range; they usually have blue and black heads, green wings and mantle, bluish-green tails, black bills, yellow or brown eye rings, and dark legs. The basic diet consists of arthropods, vertebrates, seeds, and fruit. The nest is usually built in a thorny bush; the female incubates the clutch of three to five eggs. This is a common species of jay with a wide range and the International Union"
"are black. The juveniles are similar apart from a larger crest, a yellow bill and brown eyes. This jay is endemic to Mexico. There are two subspecies; ""C. s. nelsoni"" is found in southwestern Mexico, from Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima southward to western Guerrero; and ""C. s. sanblasianus"" is found in the coastal region of Guerrero. The habitat includes dry and semi-moist woodland, thickets, groves and plantations as well as mangrove areas. This bird is not found deep in the forest. The species is social, living in small groups of up to thirty individuals including six to ten breeding pairs."
"other birds to seek cover and flee feeding areas. The Steller's jay is the provincial bird of British Columbia. Steller's jay The Steller's jay (""Cyanocitta stelleri"") is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the blue jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. It is also known as the long-crested jay, mountain jay, and pine jay. It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains. Steller's jay shows a great deal of regional variation throughout its range. Blackish-brown-headed birds from the north gradually become bluer-headed farther"
"Black-chested jay The black-chested jay (""Cyanocorax affinis"") is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. Measuring long, this jay is easily recognized from its distinctive facial pattern and yellow eye. The head, face, and chest are mostly black with violet-blue spots above and below the eye, as well as a violet-blue malar stripe. The underparts are white as is the tip of the tail, while the upperparts and wings are mainly dark violet-blue. It is found in Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, Panama and far eastern Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist"
"Siberian jay The Siberian Jay (""Perisoreus infaustus"") is a small jay with a widespread distribution within the coniferous forests in North Eurasia. Although its habitat is being fragmented, it is a common bird with a very wide range so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of ""least concern"". The Siberian jay shares its genus ""Perisoreus"" with the Sichuan jay of China and the North American Gray Jay. However, the Siberian jay differs from the other two species in group living behaviours. Unlike the other two species, where group individuals unrelated to breeding"
"Eurasian jay The Eurasian jay (""Garrulus glandarius"") is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across its vast range, several very distinct racial forms have evolved to look very different from each other, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared. The bird is called jay, without any epithets, by English speakers in Great Britain and Ireland. It is the original 'jay' after which all others are named. The Eurasian jay was"
"Yellow-billed magpie The yellow-billed magpie (""Pica nutalli"") is a large bird in the crow family that is restricted to the U.S. state of California. It inhabits the Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and mountains. Apart from its having a yellow bill and a yellow streak around the eye, it is virtually identical to the black-billed magpie ""(Pica hudsonia)"" found in much of the rest of North America. The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Thomas Nuttall. mtDNA sequence analysis indicates a close relationship between the yellow-billed magpie and the black-billed magpie, rather than between the outwardly very similar"
"Jamaican blackbird The Jamaican blackbird (""Nesopsar nigerrimus"") is a species of bird in the New World blackbird and oriole family Icteridae. It is the only species (monotypic) in the genus Nesopsar. The species has sometimes been included in the genus ""Agelaius"", but molecular systematics have shown it not be closely related to any living New World blackbird or grackle. The species is endemic to Jamaica, where it is restricted to Cockpit Country, some central areas and the Blue and John Crow Mountains. The Jamaican blackbird is a small icterid with all black plumage. It has a short tail that is"
"partner when sharing food with her as a courtship ritual. Eurasian jay The Eurasian jay (""Garrulus glandarius"") is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across its vast range, several very distinct racial forms have evolved to look very different from each other, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared. The bird is called jay, without any epithets, by English speakers in Great Britain and Ireland. It is the original 'jay'"
"also, like all other jays, often quite aggressive, antagonistic at feeding areas and sometimes regarded as a nuisance. Aphelocoma The passerine birds of the genus Aphelocoma include the scrub jays and their relatives. They are New World jays found in Mexico, western Central America and the western United States, with an outlying population in Florida. This genus belongs to the group of New World (or ""blue"") jays–possibly a distinct subfamily–which is not closely related to other jays, magpies or treepies. They live in open pine-oak forests, chaparral, and mixed evergreen forests. Seven species of ""Aphelocoma"" are generally recognized currently. They"
"San Blas jay The San Blas jay (""Cyanocorax sanblasianus"") is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests; it is a common species and has been rated as ""least concern"" by the IUCN. The adult San Blas jay is between long and weighs between . The sexes are similar; the adult has back, rump, wings and tail blue and the remaining plumage black. There is a small crest on the front of the head, the bill is black, the irises are white and the legs"
"Aphelocoma The passerine birds of the genus Aphelocoma include the scrub jays and their relatives. They are New World jays found in Mexico, western Central America and the western United States, with an outlying population in Florida. This genus belongs to the group of New World (or ""blue"") jays–possibly a distinct subfamily–which is not closely related to other jays, magpies or treepies. They live in open pine-oak forests, chaparral, and mixed evergreen forests. Seven species of ""Aphelocoma"" are generally recognized currently. They are believed to have evolved in the Pleistocene, and the Florida species is known to have been recognizably"
"Centennial Jay Centennial Jay, or C Jay for short, was one of the costume mascots of the University of Kansas. He with fellow mascot Big Jay and Baby Jay are Jayhawks. C Jay was created by student cartoonist Henry Maloy and featured in the University Daily Kansan in 1912. Maloy's depiction of the Jayhawk helped answer the question of what the mythical bird would look like. When asked why he gave the bird shoes Maloy responded, ""Why? For kicking opponents, of course."" C Jay was reintroduced as a full-sized mascot on February 25, 2012 in the final Border War against"
"Azure-hooded jay The azure-hooded jay (""Cyanolyca cucullata"") is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Middle America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species is known to have four subspecies. It is in length and is dark blue with a black head and upper chest. The back of the head and neck are sky blue with a white border. The jays travel in groups of two to ten individuals and may join mixed-species flocks. It is a secretive species and therefore difficult to observe in the wild. As an omnivore,"
"Silvery-throated jay The silvery-throated jay (""Cyanolyca argentigula"") is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The IUCN has rated its conservation status as being of ""least concern"". The silvery-throated jay is a distinctive small jay, unlikely to be confused with any other bird found within its range. The sexes are similar, with the adult being about in length including the long tail. The head is black with a narrow but obvious white supercilium, and it bears an inconspicuous crest of"
"""perisōreuō"" ""to heap up"" or ""bury beneath"". Alternatively it may be from the Latin ""peri-"" ""very"" or ""exceedingly"" and ""sorix"", a bird of augury dedicated to Saturn. The genus contains three species. Perisoreus The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Szechuan province of China. They belong to the Passerine order of birds in the family Corvidae. Not closely related to other birds known as jays, they are instead related to the genus ""Cyanopica"". The genus"
"Transvolcanic jay The jay (""Aphelocoma ultramarina"") is a medium-large (~120 g) passerine bird similar in size to most other jays, with a blue head, blue-gray mantle, blue wings and tail, gray breast and underparts. The sexes are morphologically similar, and juveniles differ only in having less blue coloration. The iris is brown and legs are black. It is most readily distinguished by the plain (unstreaked) throat and breast, and the mantle contrasting less with the head and wings. A 2011 decision by the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list Committee treats some populations of the Mexican jay as a separate species, called"
"this jay eats berries, seeds, and small, dead animals. Females lay three to four eggs, and the young fledge after twenty days. This species is listed as Least Concern, meaning it is not threatened with extinction. The species was first described by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1885. Its specific epithet, ""cucullata"", is the Latin word for ""hooded"". Its closest relative is the beautiful jay (""C. pulchra"") of Colombia and Ecuador; in his 1934 study, Hellmayr treated these species as conspecific. Phylogenetic analysis published in 2009 confirmed the close relationship between the two species; Bonaccorso speculates that the geographic"
"Brown jay The brown jay (""Psilorhinus morio"") is a large American jay which has the habitus of a magpie, but is slightly smaller and with a shorter tail, though the bill is larger. It occurs from Mexico south into Central America on the Gulf slope. The northernmost extent of the bird is in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Brown jays vary in plumage geographically: there are two main groups. Northern birds are almost completely dark brown, with lighter brown on the underparts. Southern birds are white-bellied and have bright white tips to the outer tail feathers. The intergrade zone"
"and weighs , with a wingspan of . Jays from Connecticut averaged in mass, while jays from southern Florida averaged . There is a pronounced crest on the head, a crown of feathers, which may be raised or lowered according to the bird's mood. When excited or aggressive, the crest will be fully raised. When frightened, the crest bristles outwards, brushlike. When the bird is feeding among other jays or resting, the crest is flattened on the head. Its plumage is lavender-blue to mid-blue in the crest, back, wings, and tail, and its face is white. The underside is off-white"
"Yellow-eyed babbler The yellow-eyed babbler (""Chrysomma sinense"") is a passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia. It inhabits shrubland, grassland and wetland habitats. On the IUCN Red List, it is listed as Least Concern because of its wide distribution and stable population. Its common name refers to the traditional placement in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae although the genus ""Chrysomma"" forms a clade along with the parrotbills and ""Sylvia"" warblers within the family Sylviidae. The yellow-eyed babbler is about long with a short bill and a long graduated tail. The body above is brown and the wings are"
"Jacamar The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of near passerine birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The family contains five genera and 18 species. The family is closely related to the puffbirds, another Neotropical family, and the two families are often separated into their own order, Galbuliformes, separate from the Piciformes. They are principally birds of low-altitude woodlands and forests, and particularly of forest edge and canopy. The placement of the combined puffbird and jacamar lineage was in question, with some bone and muscle features suggesting they may be more closely related to the Coraciiformes."
"birds in the tyrant flycatcher family. The flycatchers are the largest family of birds on earth, with over 400 known species. The genus name was given by George Robert Gray of the British Museum, and is named after Thomas Say, an American naturalist. The species name, ""nigricans"", is Latin for ""blackish"", and was given by William John Swainson in 1827. The black phoebe has six subspecies, but these can be divided into two groups which are sometimes considered to be separate species: the ""nigricans"" group (black phoebe) and the ""latirostris"" group (white-winged phoebe). The first group contains four subspecies, the"
"Steller's jay The Steller's jay (""Cyanocitta stelleri"") is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the blue jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. It is also known as the long-crested jay, mountain jay, and pine jay. It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains. Steller's jay shows a great deal of regional variation throughout its range. Blackish-brown-headed birds from the north gradually become bluer-headed farther south. The Steller's jay has a more slender bill and longer legs than the blue jay and has a"