Canada Jay

About the Canada Jay

The Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis), also known as the grey jay, gray jay, camp robber, moose bird, gorby, 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 Canada 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 as jays.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name

Perisoreus canadensis

Family

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Order

Passeriformes

Similar species

Other members of the crows, jays, and magpies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

• American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
• Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata
• Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
• Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
• Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo
• Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
• Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
• Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
• California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
• Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
• Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
• Common Raven Corvus corax