Editing Steller's jay (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird found in western North America}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Steller's Jay flagstaff arizona.jpg
| image_caption = Steller's jay in [[Flagstaff, Arizona]], with white head-markings typical of eastern-variety birds (''C. s. macrolopha'')
| image2 = Cyanocitta stelleri - Steller's Jay - XC109654.ogg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Cyanocitta stelleri'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T22705614A118809071 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705614A118809071.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Cyanocitta
| species = stelleri
| authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin, JF]], 1788)
| range_map = Cyanocitta stelleri map.svg
}}

'''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 [[crest (feathers)|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.