Cyanocitta

Cyanocitta
	C. cristata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cyanocitta; Strickland, 1845
Type species
	Corvus cristatus; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	Cyanocitta cristata; Cyanocitta stelleri;
	Distribution of the Cyanocitta jays in North America. Red: Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), black: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). Dotted line: irregular wintering, dashed line: irregular breeding.

Cyanocitta is a genus of birds in the family Corvidae, a family which contains the crows, jays and magpies. Established by Hugh Edwin Strickland in 1845, it contains the following species:

Genus **Cyanocitta** – Strickland, 1845 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Blue jay	Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) Four subspecies C. c. bromia C. c. cristata C. c. cyanotephra C. c. semplei	eastern and central United States, Newfoundland, Canada	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Steller's jay	Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, JF, 1788) Thirteen subspecies C. s. stelleri (Gmelin, JF, 1788) C. s. carlottae Osgood, 1901 C. s. frontalis (Ridgway, 1873) C. s. carbonacea Grinnell, 1900 C. s. annectens (Baird, SF, 1874) C. s. macrolopha Baird, SF, 1854 C. s. diademata (Bonaparte, 1850) C. s. phillipsi Browning, 1993 C. s. azteca Ridgway, 1899 C. s. coronata (Swainson, 1827) C. s. purpurea Aldrich, 1944 C. s. restricta Phillips, AR, 1966 C. s. suavis Miller, W & Griscom, 1925	west of the Rocky Mountains	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

The name Cyanocitta is a combination of the Greek words kuanos, meaning "dark blue", and kitta, meaning "jay".

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