Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae (Còrvids)
- GenusCyanocitta (Blue and Steller's Jays)
- SpeciesCyanocitta stelleri (Steller's Jay)
Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Gray Jay
Perisoreus canadensis
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Steller's Jay in Rocky Mountain National Park?
About 62% of visitor-days record a Steller's Jay sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 4296 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Steller's Jay in Rocky Mountain National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Steller's Jay in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.