Blue Jay Size
Size of Blue Jay
Weight | 70-100 g [70–100 g (2.5–3.5 oz)] | ||
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Height | 9 to 12 inches | ||
Length | 22-30 cm [22–30 cm (9–12 in)] | ||
Lifespan | 7-26 yrs [7 years in the wild; 26 years in captivity] | ||
Maximum speed | 25 mph (40 km/h) |
The Blue Jay is a member of the chordata, In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Aves, and it belongs to the order Passeriformes.
The Blue Jay belonged to the family Corvidae, mainly distributed in North-America. They like to live in low forest areas, oak and beech trees, city parks, residential areas, and diurnal sociable is their life style.Their skin type is feathers, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly blue. it likes to eat nuts, seeds, acorns, grasshoppers, caterpillars, beetles, eggs, nestlings the most. In addition, grasshoppers, caterpillars, beetles are also foods that it often preys.Their main predators are cats, hawks, owls, snakes, raccoons.It is currently estimated that there are 13 million.
The most distinctive feature of Blue Jay is “jay-jay” sounds while communicating and bright blue feathers.