Editing Steller's jay (section)

==Habitat==
Steller's jay occurs in most of the forested areas of western North America as far east as the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains from southern [[Alaska]] in the north to northern [[Nicaragua]] in the south<ref name="NatGeo" /> completely replacing the blue jay prevalent on the rest of the continent in those areas. Its density is lower in the central Rocky Mountain region (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and eastern Utah) plus the desert or scrubland areas of the Great Basin (e.g. Nevada, western Utah, southern Arizona and parts of California). Some hybridization with the blue jay in eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains, especially [[Colorado]], has been reported. It is also found in Mexico occurring through the interior highlands in northwestern Mexico as well as patchy populations in the rest of Mexico. In the northern end of its range it appears to be spreading from coastal [[Southeast Alaska]] across the [[Coast Mountains]] into southern [[Yukon Territory]].<ref name="YukonNews2020Invasion">{{cite web|title=Steller's jay invasion: Coastal species making a rare appearance in southern Yukon |url=https://www.yukon-news.com/news/stellers-jay-invasion-coastal-species-making-a-rare-appearance-in-southern-yukon/ |last=Ritchie |first=Haley |publisher=Yukon News |date=2020-10-27 |access-date=2020-10-27}}</ref>

Steller's jay is also found in [[Mexico]]'s interior highlands from [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] and [[Sonora]] in the northwest southward to [[Jalisco]], as well as other patchy populations found throughout Mexico. It is also found in south-central [[Guatemala]], northern [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]] and [[Nicaragua]].<ref name="BirdsOfNorthAmerica" />

Although Steller's jay primarily lives in [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] forests, it can be found in other types of forests as well. They can be found from low to moderate elevations, and on rare occasions to as high as the tree line. Steller's jays are common in residential and agricultural areas with nearby forests.<ref name="SeattleAudubonSoc" />

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File:Steller’s Jay by Dillon Hanson USFWS.jpg|Western-variety Steller's jay, with all-dark head, in [[Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge]].
File:Steller's jay on Pebble Beach, California, USA.jpg|Steller's jay on Pebble Beach, California, USA.
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