blue jay

See also: bluejay and Blue Jay

English

Alternative forms

• bluejay

Noun

blue jay (plural blue jays)

1. Any of species Cyanocitta cristata of North American jays with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back.
2. One of the blue-marked species of the Old World bird genus Coracias.

   Synonym: roller

Related terms

• gray jay (Perisoreus spp.)
• ground jay (Podoces spp.)
• jay
• jaybird

Translations

species of North American jay

• Apache:

  Western Apache: ję́ę́ʼi

• Belarusian: блакітная сойка f (blakitnaja sójka) , паўночнаамерыканская блакітная сойка f (paŭnóčnaamjerykanskaja blakitnaja sójka)
• Catalan: gaig nord-americà m
• Central Sierra Miwok: čóp·ata-
• Dutch: blauwe gaai (nl) m
• Esperanto: blua garolo
• Finnish: sinitöyhtönärhi (fi)
• French: geai bleu (fr) m
• German: Blauhäher m, Blauhähermännchen n (male), Blauhäherweibchen n (female)
• Irish: scréachóg ghorm f
• Italian: ghiandaia azzurra americana f, ghiandaia azzurra f
• Japanese: アオカケス (aokakesu)
• Korean: 큰어치 (keuneochi)
• Lutshootseed: kayʼkayʼ
• Malayalam: ബ്ലൂ ജെയ് (blū jeyŭ)
• Manx: screeaghag ghorrym m
• Mi'kmaq: tities anim
• Navajo: joogii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blåskrike m or f

  Nynorsk: blåskrikje f, blåskrike f

• Pennsylvania German: Harrevoggel m
• Plautdietsch: Heista (nds) m
• Polish: modrosójka błękitna f
• Portuguese: gaio (pt) m
• Potawatomi: ojindis
• Russian: североамерика́нская голуба́я со́йка f (severoamerikánskaja golubája sójka)
• Slovene: severnoameriška šoja f
• Spanish: urraca de América f, arrendajo azul m, urraca azul f
• Swedish: blåskrika c
• Taos: cʼȁwéna
• Turkish: mavi tüylü alakarga, mavi alakarga (tr)
• Welsh: sgrech las f

Further reading

• blue jay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cyanocitta cristata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cyanocitta cristata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons