Large, lanky songbird with a long tail and a stout bill. Adults are light blue and gray above, with a whitish throat, grayish belly, and thin, partial breast band of pale blue.
Long-bodied songbird. Juveniles have a grayer head than adults, but otherwise look similar.
Note fairly thin, pointed bill, which works well to extract pinyon pine seeds from their cones. Bill is shaped differently than closely related California Scrub-Jay, which eats more acorns.
Residents in southern mainland Mexico are brighter blue above and whiter below with a darker ear patch and a less distinct necklace.
Pale blue and gray above with gray underparts and a thin partial necklace across the chest.
In good light, they can look much brighter blue.
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A fairly large, lanky songbird with long, floppy tail and an often hunched-over posture. The bill is fairly long and straight, with a pointed tip.
Larger and bulkier than a Western Bluebird; smaller than an American Crow.
between robin and crowA subgroup of Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay occurs in southern mainland Mexico and is sometimes called "Sumichrast's" scrub-jay. Compared with the Woodhouse's in the U.S., these show more contrast between blue upperparts and white underparts, and have a less distinct blue necklace. On the Edwards Plateau of Texas, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays are darker blue with a narrower necklace, browner underparts, and a heavier, less pointed bill.
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