Species: Cyanocitta stelleri
Steller's Jay
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Cyanocitta
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Chara Crestada - Geai de Steller
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Corvidae - Cyanocitta - Hybridizes infrequently with C. CRISTATA in eastern Colorado and may constitute a superspecies with it (AOU 1998).
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - true - false - May move from mountains to lowlands during the winter. May move locally southward for winter.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Feeds on acorns, pine seeds, fruit, insects, spiders, small reptiles and amphibians, eggs and young of small birds (Terres 1980). Forages in trees and on the ground.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size is 3-5 (usually 4). Incubation is by female. Altricial young are tended by both adults.
Ecology Comments
May travel in flocks of a dozen or more but less gregarious than other jays (Terres 1980).
Length
29
Weight
106
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
RESIDENT: south-coastal and southeastern Alaska, western and southeastern British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, western Montana, Wyoming, northern Colorado, and western Nebraska south to southern California, Arizona, east to east-central Colorado, central New Mexico, western Texas south through highlands of Middle America to north-central Nicaragua (AOU 1983).