D espite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

All in all, the magpie-jay can be 30 inches long, and more than half of it is its tail. It is a lustrous steel blue on top, ...

This is a long-tailed jay with a small bill and no crest ... Both the Steller’s jay and the blue jay have conspicuous crests and wings and tail barred with black. See also the Florida scrub ...

swooping in to nab an unwary dove or jay. Females are larger and bulkier than males, juveniles differ from adults. Monotypic. Length 14–20"; wingspan 29–37". The long tail is rounded at the ...