REPTILIA: ARCHOSAURIA: AVES: CORVIDAE: Cyanocitta

Cyanocitta stelleri Author and date

Steller's jay

Photographed at Big Sur, California, by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

Range: Mountains of the western coastal United States and Mexico.

Diagnosis: A large jay with a cardinal-like crest, black head and neck and deep blue body and tail.

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