Listen to the Steller's jay
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
About the Steller's jay
The Steller's jay is a bird in the family Corvidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 94 g.
What does the Steller's jay sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a bird native to western North America and the mountains of Central America, closely related to the blue jay (C. cristata) found in eastern North America. It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains. It is also sometimes colloquially called a "blue jay" in the Pacific Northwest, but is distinct from the blue jay of eastern North America. The species inhabits pine-oak and coniferous forests.
Related birds in the genus Cyanocitta
More from the family Corvidae
Common raven
Corvus corax
Eurasian magpie
Pica pica
Eurasian jay
Garrulus glandarius
Western jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
Rook
Corvus frugilegus
Hooded crow
Corvus cornix
Carrion crow
Corvus corone
Northern nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Alpine chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Red-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
House crow
Corvus splendens
Frequently asked questions
What does a Steller's jay sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Steller's jay on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Steller's jay endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Steller's jay as “least concern”.
What family does the Steller's jay belong to?
The Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · McClellan Ranch Preserve, Santa Clara, California, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · McClellan Ranch Preserve, Santa Clara, California, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · McClellan Ranch Preserve, Santa Clara, California, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · McClellan Ranch Preserve, Santa Clara, California, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · McClellan Ranch Preserve, Santa Clara, California, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Steller's Jay – US National Park Service by NPS – Public domain (NPS) · NPS
- Wikidata Q838749 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Steller's jay – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by VJAnderson – CC BY-SA 4.0