Blue jays are bright blue on top, white or light gray underneath, and have black and white bars on their wings and tail ...

D espite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

A nearly unmistakable dark blue, black-crested jay with variable white or blue markings on the head. The wings and tail are a vivid blue, with fine black barring. The head, including the crest ...

Both the Steller’s jay and the blue jay have conspicuous crests and wings and tail barred with black. See also the Florida scrub-jay and the island scrub-jay (which do not overlap in range).