Large songbird with long tail and heavy bill. Adults are blue with a gray patch on the back and dingy gray underparts. The intensity of blue varies across their range; birds in Arizona tend to be paler blue.
Lacks a crest, has an all-blue back, and no necklace across the chest.
Medium-sized crestless jay with dingy gray underparts. Often seen hopping on the ground while foraging for insects and stored acorns.
Juveniles look like adults but have a pale bill. Juveniles in Arizona have a pale bill for 2 years before they acquire the dark bill of adults.
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A large songbird with a robust body, long tail, short neck, heavy, pointed bill, and long, strong legs and feet.
Slightly larger than a Blue Jay, smaller than an American Crow.
between robin and crowOrnithologists recognize up to six subspecies. In general, the more southerly subspecies are brighter blue above than the northern ones.
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