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Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue in color, with a white chest and underparts, and a blue crest; it has a black, U-shaped collar around its neck and a black border behind the crest.

Habitat:

Spotted at Central Park, New York, the species is native to eastern North America and lives in most of the eastern and central United States.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanocitta
Species: C. cristata

Reference Links:

Blue jay - Wikipedia

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