Black-throated Magpie-Jay

Black-throated Magpie-Jay
Captive adult
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Infraorder:	Corvida
Superfamily:	Corvoidea
Family:	Corvidae
Subfamily:	Cyanocoracinae
Genus:	Calocitta
Species:	C. colliei
Binomial name
Calocitta colliei Vigors, 1829

The Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta colliei) is a strikingly long-tailed jay of northwestern Mexico. A Black-throated Magpie-Jay was featured in a season 5 episode of The Big Bang Theory, sending Sheldon into an ornithophobic episode. It was incorrectly referred to as a Blue Jay.

A Magpie-Jay flying

Black-throated Magpie-Jay

Sheldon Cooper with a Black-throated Magpie-Jay.

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Other common names	Black-throated Magpie-jay

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Projects
This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Passeriformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each passerine, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Corvidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each corvid, including made-up species.