Jays

**Jays**

Jays are members of the Corvidae family, which consists of many species of birds including Crows, Ravens, Rooks, Jackdaws, Magpies, Nutcrackers, and many others. Jays are usually medium-sized, colorful, and noisy.

**List of Jays**

* **Choughs**
	+ Genus *Pyrrhocorax*
		- Alpine chough, *Pyrrhocorax graculus*
		- Red-billed chough, *Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax*
* **Treepies**
	+ Genus *Crypsirina*
		- Hooded treepie, *Crypsirina cucullata*
		- Racket-tailed treepie, *Crypsirina temia*
	+ Genus *Dendrocitta*
		- Andaman treepie, *Dendrocitta bayleyi*
		- Bornean treepie, *Dendrocitta cinerascens*
		- Grey treepie, *Dendrocitta formosae*
		- Collared treepie, *Dendrocitta frontalis*
		- White-bellied treepie, *Dendrocitta leucogastra*
		- Sumatran treepie, *Dendrocitta occipitalis*
		- Rufous treepie, *Dendrocitta vagabunda*
	+ Genus *Platysmurus*
		- Black magpie, *Platysmurus leucopterus*
	+ Genus *Temnurus*
		- Ratchet-tailed treepie, *Temnurus temnurus*
* **Oriental magpies**
	+ Genus *Cissa*
		- Common green magpie, *Cissa chinensis*
		- Indochinese green magpie, *Cissa hypoleuca*
		- Javan green magpie, *Cissa thalassina*
		- Bornean green magpie, *Cissa jefferyi*
	+ Genus *Urocissa*
		- Taiwan blue magpie, *Urocissa caerulea*
		- Red-billed blue magpie, *Urocissa erythrorhyncha*
		- Yellow-billed blue magpie, *Urocissa flavirostris*
		- Sri Lanka blue magpie, *Urocissa ornata*
		- White-winged magpie, *Urocissa whiteheadi*
* **Old World jays**
	+ Genus *Garrulus*
		- Eurasian jay, *Garrulus glandarius*
		- Black-headed jay, *Garrulus lanceolatus*
		- Lidth's jay, *Garrulus lidthi*
	+ Genus *Podoces* – ground jays
		- Biddulph's ground jay, *Podoces biddulphi*
		- Henderson's ground jay, *Podoces hendersoni*
		- Pander's ground jay, *Podoces panderi*
		- Pleske's ground jay, *Podoces pleskei*
* **Piapiac**
	+ Genus *Ptilostomus*
		- Piapiac, *Ptilostomus afer*
* **Stresemann's bushcrow**
	+ Genus *Zavattariornis*
		- Stresemann's bushcrow, *Zavattariornis stresemanni*
* **Nutcrackers**
	+ Genus *Nucifraga*
		- Spotted nutcracker, *Nucifraga caryocatactes*
		- Large-spotted nutcracker, *Nucifraga multipunctata*
		- Clark's nutcracker, *Nucifraga columbiana*
* **Holarctic magpies**
	+ Genus *Pica*
		- Black-billed magpie, *Pica hudsonia*
		- Yellow-billed magpie, *Pica nuttalli*
		- Eurasian magpie, *Pica pica*
			* Korean magpie, *Pica (pica) sericea*
	+ Genus *Cyanopica*
		- Azure-winged magpie, *Cyanopica cyanus*
		- Iberian magpie, *Cyanopica cooki*
* **True crows** (crows, ravens, jackdaws and rooks)
	+ Genus *Corvus*
		- *Australian and Melanesian* species
			* Little crow, *Corvus bennetti*
			* Australian raven, *Corvus coronoides*
			* Bismarck crow, *Corvus insularis*
			* Brown-headed crow, *Corvus fuscicapillus*
			* Bougainville crow, *Corvus meeki*
			* Little raven, *Corvus mellori*
			* New Caledonian crow, *Corvus moneduloides*
			* Torresian crow, *Corvus orru*
			* Forest raven, *Corvus tasmanicus*
				+ Relict raven, *Corvus (tasmanicus) boreus*
			* Grey crow, *Corvus tristis*
			* Long-billed crow, *Corvus validus*
			* White-billed crow, *Corvus woodfordi*
		- *Pacific island* species
			* ʻAlalā (Hawaiian crow), *Corvus hawaiiensis* (formerly *Corvus tropicus*) (extinct in the wild)
			* Mariana crow, *Corvus kubaryi*
		- *Tropical Asian* species
			* Daurian jackdaw, *Corvus dauuricus*
			* Slender-billed crow, *Corvus enca*
			* Flores crow, *Corvus florensis*
			* Large-billed crow, *Corvus macrorhynchos*
			* Eastern jungle crow, *Corvus levaillantii*
			* Indian jungle crow, *Corvus culminatus*
			* House crow, *Corvus splendens*
			* Collared crow, *Corvus torquatus*
			* Piping crow, *Corvus typicus*
			* Banggai crow, *Corvus unicolor*
		- *Eurasian and North African* species
			* Hooded crow, *Corvus cornix*
				+ Mesopotamian crow, *Corvus (cornix) capellanus*
			* Carrion crow (western carrion crow), *Corvus corone*
				+ Eastern carrion crow, *Corvus (corone) orientalis*
			* Rook, *Corvus frugilegus*
			* Western jackdaw, *Corvus monedula*
			* Fan-tailed raven, *Corvus rhipidurus*
			* Brown-necked raven, *Corvus ruficollis*
		- *Holarctic* species
			* Common raven, *Corvus corax* (see also next section)
				+ Pied raven, *Corvus corax varius* morpha *leucophaeus* (an extinct color variant)
		- *North and Central American* species
			* American crow, *Corvus brachyrhynchos*
			* Northwestern crow, *Corvus caurinus*
			* Chihuahuan raven, *Corvus cryptoleucus*
			* Tamaulipas crow, *Corvus imparatus*
			* Jamaican crow, *Corvus jamaicensis*
			* White-necked crow, *Corvus leucognaphalus*
			* Cuban crow, *Corvus nasicus*
			* Fish crow, *Corvus ossifragus*
			* Palm crow, *Corvus palmarum*
			* Sinaloan crow, *Corvus sinaloae*
			* Western raven, *Corvus (corax) sinuatus*
		- *Tropical African* species
			* White-necked raven, *Corvus albicollis*
			* Pied crow, *Corvus albus*
			* Cape crow, *Corvus capensis*
			* Thick-billed raven, *Corvus crassirostris*
			* Somali crow (dwarf raven), *Corvus edithae*
* **Boreal jays**
	+ Genus *Perisoreus*
		- Gray jay, *Perisoreus canadensis*
		- Siberian jay, *Perisoreus infaustus*
		- Sichuan jay, *Perisoreus internigrans*
* **New World jays**
	+ Genus *Aphelocoma* – scrub-jays
		- California scrub jay, *Aphelocoma californica*
		- Island scrub jay, *Aphelocoma insularis*
		- Woodhouse's scrub jay, *Aphelocoma woodhouseii*
		- Florida scrub jay, *Aphelocoma coerulescens*
		- Mexican jay, *Aphelocoma wollweberi*
		- Transvolcanic jay, *Aphelocoma ultramarina*
		- Unicolored jay, *Aphelocoma unicolor*
	+ Genus *Calocitta* – magpie-jays
		- Black-throated magpie-jay, *Calocitta colliei*
		- White-throated magpie-jay, *Calocitta formosa*
	+ Genus *Cyanocitta*
		- Blue jay, *Cyanocitta cristata*
		- Steller's jay, *Cyanocitta stelleri*
	+ Genus *Cyanocorax*
		- Black-chested jay, *Cyanocorax affinis*
		- Purplish-backed jay, *Cyanocorax beecheii*
		- Azure jay, *Cyanocorax caeruleus*
		- Cayenne jay, *Cyanocorax cayanus*
		- Plush-crested jay, *Cyanocorax chrysops*
		- Curl-crested jay, *Cyanocorax cristatellus*
		- Purplish jay, *Cyanocorax cyanomelas*
		- White-naped jay, *Cyanocorax cyanopogon*
		- Tufted jay, *Cyanocorax dickeyi*
		- Azure-naped jay, *Cyanocorax heilprini*
		- Bushy-crested jay, *Cyanocorax melanocyaneus*
		- White-tailed jay, *Cyanocorax mystacalis*
		- San Blas jay, *Cyanocorax sanblasianus*
		- Violaceous jay, *Cyanocorax violaceus*
		- Green jay, *Cyanocorax ynca*
		- Yucatan jay, *Cyanocorax yucatanicus*
	+ Genus *Psilorhinus*
		- Brown jay, *Psilorhinus morio*
	+ Genus *Cyanolyca*
		- Silvery-throated jay, *Cyanolyca argentigula*
		- Black-collared jay, *Cyanolyca armillata*
		- Azure-hooded jay, *Cyanolyca cucullata*
		- White-throated jay, *Cyanolyca mirabilis*
		- Dwarf jay, *Cyanolyca nana*
		- Beautiful jay, *Cyanolyca pulchra*
		- Black-throated jay, *Cyanolyca pumilo*
		- Turquoise jay, *Cyanolyca turcosa*
		- White-collared jay, *Cyanolyca viridicyana*
* Genus *Gymnorhinus*
	+ Pinyon jay, *Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus*

## *Gallery*

* Blue Jays
* Eurasian Jays
* Stellar's Jays
* California Scrub Jays
* and Gray Jays
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