Blue jay

Cyanocitta cristata · Corvidae

The blue jay is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America. It lives in most of the eastern and central United States; some eastern populations may be migratory. Resident populations are also in Newfoundland, Canada; breeding populations are found across southern Canada.

Where the Blue jay lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Ontario.

See the Blue jay’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 24,108,077 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.