Canada Jay

Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

33 cmLength72 gWeight

The Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis), also known as the grey jay, gray jay, camp robber, moose bird, gorby, or whisky jack, is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae.

Busiest months: August · Most records: Canada, United States

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Canada Jay has been recorded at 76 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Longridge PointCanada2,258 records
Little Piskwamish PointCanada1,317 records
Teslin Lake – Teslin Lake Bird ObservatoryCanada692 records

More places

ChurchillCanada666 records
Sept-ÎlesCanada528 records
Algonquin Provincial Park – Visitor CentreCanada385 records
TadoussacCanada325 records
RNF du Cap-TourmenteCanada202 records
Dunes de TadoussacCanada200 records
Les EscouminsCanada175 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Canada United States

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis), 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 to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone south to New Mexico and Arizona. A fairly large songbird, the Canada jay has pale grey underparts, darker grey upperparts, and a grey-white head with a darker grey nape.

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