Cyanocitta
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Cyanocitta | image = Cyanocitta-cristata-004.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = C. cristata | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Corvidae | genus = Cyanocitta | genus_authority = Strickland, 1845 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
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The genus Cyanocitta is a New World genus of jays, passerine birds of the family Corvidae. Cyanocitta includes only two of the New World jays; they are blue, crested birds that differ in the colour of the head. Their ranges generally do not overlap.
- C. cristata, Blue Jay
- C. stelleri, Steller's Jay