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Canada Jay

Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The Canada jay, also known as the gray jay, grey jay, camp robber, or whisky jack, is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae. It is found in boreal forests of North America north to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone south to New Mexico and Arizona. A fairly large songbird, the Canada jay has pale grey underparts, darker grey upperparts, and a grey-white head with a darker grey nape. It is one of three members of the genus Perisoreus, a genus more closely related to the magpie genus Cyanopica than to other birds known as jays. The Canada jay itself has nine recognized subspecies. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Perisoreus
Scientific:
  Perisoreus canadensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Corvus canadensis

Type locality:
  in Canada [= Quebec, fide Oberholser (1914, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 27, p. 49)].

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/162/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  69A6E32F323B9088

Avibase ID:
  avibase-69A6E32F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/69A6E32F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179667

Geographic range:

  • Perisoreus canadensis canadensis: northeastern Alaska (United States) and northern Canada (Yukon and Northwest Territories south to southern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, east across Canada to Quebec, and south into northern portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, northern New York, and northern New England (all United States)
  • Perisoreus canadensis [nigricapillus or sanfordi]: E Canada (n Quebec to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia)
  • Perisoreus canadensis [pacificus or arcus]: central Alaska through southwestern Alaska (United States) to central-coastal British Columbia (Canada)
  • Perisoreus canadensis albescens: western Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta south to north central United States (Black Hills, western South Dakota)
  • Perisoreus canadensis obscurus: Coastal nw US (Washington to nw California)
  • Perisoreus canadensis griseus: SW British Columbia and Vancouver I. to ne California
  • Perisoreus canadensis capitalis: Rocky Mountains of western United States (central Idaho and southern Montana to northern New Mexico, also disjunctly in east central Arizona)
  • Perisoreus canadensis bicolor: Rocky Mountains from southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta (Canada) south to eastern Washington, central Idaho, and western Montana (United States)
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English:
Canada Jay
Catalan:
gaig canadenc
Czech:
sojka šedá
Danish:
Grå Lavskrige
German:
Meisenhäher
Spanish:
Arrendajo Canadiense
Spanish (Spain):
Arrendajo Canadiense
Finnish:
harmaakuukkeli
French:
Mésangeai du Canada
Croatian:
siva šojka
Hungarian:
szürke szajkó
Icelandic:
Gráskaði
Italian:
Ghiandaia grigia
Japanese (romaji):
kanadakakesu
Japanese:
カナダカケス
Lithuanian:
Kanadinis kėkštas
Dutch:
Canadese Taigagaai
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gråskrikje
Norwegian:
Gråskrike
Polish:
sójka kanadyjska
Portuguese:
Gaio-do-Canadá
Portuguese (Portugal):
gaio-canadiano
Russian:
Канадская кукша
Slovak:
škriekavec bieločelý
Serbian:
Siva američka kreja
Swedish:
grå lavskrika
Ukrainian:
Кукша канадська
Chinese:
灰噪鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
灰噪鴉


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Mésangeai du Canada ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Mésangeai du Canada ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Gray Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Perisoreus canadensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Perisoreus canadensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Perisoreus canadensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Grey Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Canada Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis) [version 3]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Perisoreus canadensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Perisoreus canadensis [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Grysgaai
Azerbaijani: Kanada kukşası, Kanada zığ-zığı
Belarusian: Канадская кукша
Bulgarian: Канадска сойка, Сива сойка
Catalan: gaig canadenc, Gaig del Canadà
Chipewyan: tseesé
Cree: wîskacâk, wîskacân, wîskicâk, wîskicân, wooeesketsan
Cree, Plains: wooeesketsan
Cree (syllabic): ᐑᐢᑭᒑᐠ, ᐑᐢᑭᒑᐣ
Czech: Sojka šedá
Welsh: Sgrech leyd
Danish: Canadisk Lavskrige, Grå / Canadisk Lavskrige, Grå Lavskrige
German: Meisenhäher, Meisen-Häher
English: Alaska Jay, Alberta Jay, Anticosti Jay, Camp Robber, Canada Jay, Canadian Carrion Bird, Gray Jay, Grease bird, Grey Jay, Idaho Jay, Labrador Jay, Meat bird, Moose-bird, Oregon Jay, Red Deer Jay, Rocky Mountain Jay, Venison Heron, Whiskey Jack, Whisky John, White-headed Jay
English, HBW: Grey Jay
English (IOC): Canada Jay, Grey Jay
English (United States): Canada Jay
Esperanto: Griza garolo, Kanada garolo
Spanish: Arrandejo Gris, Arrendajo Canadiense
Spanish (Spain): Arrendajo Canadiense
Spanish (HBW): Arrendajo Canadiense
Inupiatun, North Alaskan: kiiriq
Estonian: ameerika laanenäär
Finnish: Harmaakuukkeli
French: Geai du Canada, Geai gris, Mésangeai du Canada
Frisian: Kanadeeske gaai
Irish: Scréachóg liath
Galician: Gaio do Canadá
Manx: Screeaghag lheeah
Croatian: siva šojka
Hungarian: szürke szajkó
Icelandic: Gráskaði
Italian: Ghiandaia canadese, Ghiandaia grigia, Ghiandaia grigia canadese
Japanese (romaji): kanadakakesu
Japanese: カナダカケス
Kirghiz: Канада чер үрпөк тааны
Scientific: Corvus canadensis, Garrulus brachyrynchus, Perisoreus canadensis, Perisoreus canadensis canadensis
Lithuanian: Kanadinis kėkštas
Latvian: Kanādas bēdrozis
Macedonian: Сива сојка
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): kapminau, uishkatshan
Dutch: Canadese Gaai, Canadese Taigagaai
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråskrikje
Norwegian: Gråskrike
Polish: sójka kanadyjska
Portuguese: Gaio-do-Canadá
Portuguese (Portugal): gaio-canadiano
Rhaeto-Romance: Cratschla da Canada
Romanian: Gaiţă canadiană
Russian: канадская кукша, Серая кукша
Northern Sami: Ránesguovssat
Slovak: škriekavec bieločelý
Serbian: Siva američka kreja, Siva kreja
Swedish: Grå lavskrika
Turkish: Kanada kargası
Tatar: Канада күкшәсе
Ukrainian: Кукша канадська
Chinese: 灰噪鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 灰噪鴉

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