Large and unmistakable. Bright green above with a blue head and black throat.
Large bright green, blue, and yellow jay. The tail is yellow below and it flashes yellow outer tail feathers in flight.
A bold and colorful jay that sometimes takes sugar water from hummingbird feeders.
Individuals farther south tend to be brighter yellow below.
Brightly colored and unmistakeable. This video has no audio.
Eats mainly insects, but also eats seeds and visits bird feeders. This video has no audio.
A sturdy jay without a crest. It has a thick, straight bill, a long, rounded tail, and fairly long legs. In flight the wings are broad and rounded.
Larger than a Northern Mockingbird, smaller than a Northern Flicker; similar in size to a Blue Jay.
between robin and crowSeven fairly similar subspecies range from Texas (glaucescens) to Honduras (centralis). Another very different and geographically isolated set of subspecies inhabits northern South America. These differ in having tufted forecrowns and bright yellow bellies. The South American subspecies are collectively sometimes called the Inca Jay.
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