Green jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Identification Tips:
- Length: 9.75 inches
- Sturdy, dark bill
- Blue nape
- Black throat
- Black and blue markings around eye
- Green back and wings
- Yellow underparts
- Long, blue-green tail with yellow outer tail feathers
- United States range restricted to southern Texas
Similar species:
None
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.