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Common Name

Pinion Jay

Alternate Names

Common Type

Jay

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Corvidae

Genus

Species

cyanocephalus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Lowland pinyon-juniper woodlands and ponderosa pine forests.

Distribution and Range

Western North America from South Dakota to Baja California.

Food

Specialized to eat pinyon seeds plus other pine seeds with some berries and insects.

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Field Notes:

Form noisy groups, though they may form large of more than 250 to 500 members as they are watching out for predators while their companions are feeding seeds. Is considered to be an evolutionary convergent between jays and nutcrackers.

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