Crows (Corvidae)

Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) - HBW 14, p. 567

French: Geai des pinèdes German: Nacktschnabelhäher Spanish: Chara Piñonera

Taxonomy: Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Wied, 1841, Maria-River = between Marias River and Yellowstone River, Montana, USA.
Birds from Big Bear Valley (San Bernardino Mts), in California, described as race rostratus, but appear inseparable from those in rest of species' range. Monotypic.

Distribution: W USA from C Oregon S along arid mountain slopes of E California to extreme NW Mexico (Baja California), E to Montana and Black Hills of South Dakota, Wyoming, W Nebraska, W Oklahoma and New Mexico.