Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Crows, Jays and Magpies :: Steller's Jay

Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri

Described by: Gmelin (1788)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, King County, Washington, USA - Feb 12, 2006 © William Hull  Larimer County, Colorado, USA - Mar 12, 2003 © Steve Messick  Swan Mountain, Colorado, USA - Nov, 2004 © Kent Nickell  USA - Date unknown © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Red Canyon, Utah, USA - Aug 22, 2004 © Michael G. Shepard 
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Range

(1) Sc. and se. Alaska and w. Canada (w. British Columbia) to nw. United States (nw. Oregon).
(2) Queen Charlotte Is.
(3) W. Canada (interior British Columbia, sw. Alberta) and wc. United States (ne. Oregon, w. Montana, and nw. Wyoming).
(4) W. United States (c. Oregon to s. California and Arizona).
Winters s. to ex. n. Baja.
(5) Coastal California from Marin County and Contra Costa County to Monterey County).
(6) C. and s. United States in the Rocky Mountains of Nevada and Utah, Colorado, w. Nebraska, c. New Mexico and w. Texas s. to n. Mexico (n. Sonora).
(7) Nc. Mexico in the Sierra Madre Occidental of se. Sonora to Chihuahua and Jalisco.
(8) C. Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Guanajuato and Hidalgo).
(9) Highlands of sc. Mexico (San Luis Potosi to n. Puebla).
(10) Sw. Mexico (highlands of w. and c. Michoacan).
(11) Mountains of c. Mexico (Mexico, Morelos, Puebla and wc. Veracruz).
(12) S. Mexico (highlands of Ozcaca).
(13) Highlands of s. Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and El Salvador.
(14) Highlands of El Salvador.
(15) Highlands of w. Honduras and nc. Nicaragua.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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