The Canada jay, also known as the grey jay, gray jay, camp robber, moose bird, gorby, or whisky jack, is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae. It is found in boreal forests of North America, north
Perisoreus canadensis mercier 2
Subspecies P. c. capitalis, Grand Tetons, Wyoming
Subspecies P. c. capitalis (left) and P. c. obscurus (right); illustration by Keulemans, 1877
Perisoreus canadensis obscurus in Mount Rainier National Park
The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Sichuan
Canada jay
…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…