Gray Jay
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
Species Code: PECA
What they look like: Gray Jays are medium-sized, gray songbirds with lighter gray bellies. They have a long tail and a short, black bill.
Gray jay Perisoreus canadensis
Identification Tips:
Length: 10 inches
Short, sturdy, dark bill
White forehead, face and underparts
Dark cap and nape (variable amounts of dark depending on range)
Gray upperparts
Juveniles very dark ...
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis )
Gray Jay, Loaf Mountain Lookout, Bighorn National Forest, Near Buffalo, Wyoming
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
The Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) is a common jay of the Rocky Mountains as well as parts of the far northern United States, and most of Canada and Alaska. It often is quite tame and may invade camp sites or picnic areas hoping for a handout.
Gray Jay Behaviour
No observations regarding Gray Jay behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Gray Jays ...
The gray jay can be found in coniferous and coniferous-deciduous forests. It is most frequently found in spruce and fir forests. It is very rarely seen outside of its forest environment.
Gray Jay, or Whiskeyjack Perisoreus canadensis
American ("blue") jays
Florida Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens ...
Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
No Split for Yellow-rumped Warbler
This is not a wood warbler!
Blue Jay Way
Regarding Kakariki ...
I saw one pair of Tundra Swans. Land birds included: Gray Jay, Black-billed Magpie,Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler.There were female moose along the road and high on the mountain Dall Sheep.
Characteristic birds in these forests include the Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee and rarely Spruce Grouse and Black-backed Woodpecker.
THE CANADA JAY.
[Gray Jay.]
GARRULUS CANADENSIS, Linn.
[Perisoreus canadensis.] ...
It is similar to the Gray Jay but the white wing patches and outer white tail feathers are keys to its identity. Other field marks include darks eyes and a long, sharply pointed bill. It has a white face and belly.
 See also: Jay, Blue Jay, Crow, Nutcracker, Magpie
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