Jay

The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy birds in the crow family Corvidae.The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the actual evolutionary relationships are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the Oriental Blue and Green magpies, whereas the Blue jay is not closely related to either.

Jays in culture

Slang
 The word "jay" has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a stupid or dull person, from which is derived the term jaywalking 
Organizational symbols
 The Toronto Blue Jays, a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario.

Related pages
General licences under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981

References

 Ericson, Per G. P.; Jansén, Anna-Lee; Johansson, Ulf S. & Ekman, Jan (2005): Inter-generic relationships of the crows, jays, magpies and allied groups (Aves: Corvidae) based on nucleotide sequence data. Journal of Avian Biology 36: 222-234. PDF fulltext 

Other websites
Jay videos on the Internet Bird Collection

Category:Corvids