Habitat Model for Species: Blue Jay
Alpha Code: BLJA Status: Resident
Distribution Map
Habitat Map
Landcover Category
0 - Comments
Habitat Restrictions
Yahner, 1982
Tarvin, 1999
Comments
shelterbelts
shelterbelts
01 - Maple-Basswood Forest
Stauffer and Best, 1980
Johnston, 1947
Graber et al., 1987
Tarvin, 1999
02 - Oak-Hickory Forest
Stauffer and Best, 1980
Anderson and Shugart, 1974
Graber et al., 1987
Smith, 1978
Shugart and James, 1973
Tarvin, 1999
03 - Post Oak-Blackjack Oak
Forest
Batcheller et al., 1984
Graber et al., 1987
Smith, 1978
Shugart and James, 1973
Tarvin, 1999
brushy edge
04 - Pecan Floodplain Forest
Batcheller et al., 1984
Tarvin, 1999
05 - Ash-Elm-Hackberry
Floodplain Forest
Stauffer and Best, 1980
Faanes, 1987
Zimmerman and Tatschl, 1975
Obermeyer, 1992
Tarvin, 1999
06 - Cottonwood Floodplain
Forest
Platt, 1975
Zimmerman and Tatschl, 1975
Tarvin, 1999
07 - Mixed Oak Floodplain
Zimmerman, 1993
Finck, 1984
Graber et al., 1987
Smith, 1978
Tarvin, 1999
08 - Bur Oak Floodplain
Woodland
Zimmerman, 1993
Johnston, 1947
Finck, 1984
Graber et al., 1987
Smith, 1978
Tarvin, 1999
09 - Mixed Oak Ravine
Zimmerman, 1993
Finck, 1984
Graber et al., 1987
Smith, 1978
Tarvin, 1999
breeding and wintering
10 - Post Oak-Blackjack Oak
Woodland
Graber et al., 1987
Smith, 1978
Tarvin, 1999
11 - Cottonwood Floodplain
Woodland
Platt, 1975
Tarvin, 1999
50 - Deciduous Forest-Mined
Land
Graber et al., 1987
Tarvin, 1999
51 - Maple Floodplain Forest
Stauffer and Best, 1980
Graber et al., 1987
Tarvin, 1999
52 - Evergreen
Forest-Disturbed Land
Tarvin, 1999
55 - Deciduous Woodland
Graber et al., 1987
Tarvin, 1999
81 - Urban Areas
Graber et al., 1987
Smith, 1978
Scarlett and Smith, 1991
Tarvin, 1999
91 - Ozark Sandstone Glade /
Prairie - not mapped
Stauffer and Best, 1980
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Anderson, S. H. and H. H. Shugart, Jr. 1974. Habitat selection of breeding birds in an east Tennessee deciduous forest. Ecology
55:828-837.
Batcheller, G. R., J. A. Bissonette, and M. W. Smith. 1984. Towards reducing pecan losses to Blue Jays in Oklahoma. Wildlife
Society Bulletin 12:51-55.
Faanes, C. A. 1987. Breeding birds and vegetation structure in western North Dakota wooded draws. Prairie Naturalist
19(4):209-220.
Finck, E. J. 1984. Birds wintering on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. Pages 91-94 in G. K. Clambey and R. H.
Pemble, editors. The prairie: Past, present and future. Proceedings of the Ninth North American Prairie Conference.
Graber, J. W., R. R. Graber, and E. L. Kirk. 1987. Illinois Birds: Corvidae. Illinois Natural History Survey No. 126.
Johnston, V. R. 1947. Breeding birds of the forest edge in Illinois. Condor 49(2):45-53.
Obermeyer, B. 1992. Effect of logging on breeding bird diversity in riparian forests on Fall River Wildlife Area. Kansas
Ornithological Society Bulletin 43(3):21-27.
Platt, D. R. 1975. Breeding birds of Sand Prairie Natural History Reservation, Harvey County, Kansas. American Birds
29(6):1146-1151.
Scarlett, T. L. and K. G. Smith. 1991. Acorn preference of urban blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) during fall and spring in
northwestern Arkansas. Condor 93:438-442.
Shugart, H. H., Jr. and D. James. 1973. Ecological succession of breeding bird populations in northwestern Arkansas. Auk
90:62-77.
Smith, K. G. 1978. Range extension of the Blue Jay into western North America. Bird-banding 49(3):208-214.
Stauffer, D. F. and L. B. Best. 1980. Habitat selection by birds of riparian communities: evaluating effects of habitat alterations.
Journal of Wildlife Management 44(1):1-15.
Tarvin, K. A. 1999. Blue Jay. A. Poole and F. Gill, editors. The Birds of North America. No. 469. The Birds of North America,
Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Yahner, R. H. 1982. Avian nest densities and nest-site selection in farmstead shelterbelts. Wilson Bulletin 94(2):156-175.
Zimmerman, J. L. 1993. The Birds of Konza. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Zimmerman, J. L. and J. L. Tatschl. 1975. Floodplain birds of Weston Bend, Missouri River. Wilson Bulletin 87(2):196-208.
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