North American
Bird
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
A widespread North American corvid known for its black plumage, loud cawing calls, intelligence, and adaptability around human communities.
Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia
A striking black-and-white western corvid with a long tail and iridescent wings, often found in open country, ranchlands, and riparian corridors.
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
A familiar eastern North American jay with blue, white, and black plumage, a crest, and loud calls.
Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio
A large brown corvid of Mexico and Central America, historically or occasionally noted near the southern edge of the United States.
California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
A blue and gray western scrub-jay found along the Pacific Coast and nearby western habitats, often in oak woodland, chaparral, parks, and neighborhoods.
Canada Jay
Perisoreus canadensis
A soft-gray northern jay of boreal and mountain forests, known for bold behavior around campsites and cold-climate food caching.
Chihuahuan Raven
Corvus cryptoleucus
A raven of arid grasslands and desert regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Clark’s Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
A gray, black, and white mountain corvid of western North America, strongly associated with pine seed caching and high-elevation forests.
Common Raven
Corvus corax
A large, intelligent black corvid with a heavy bill, wedge-shaped tail, and deep croaking calls, found across much of North America.
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
A dark corvid of the eastern and southeastern United States, often associated with coastlines, rivers, wetlands, and developed areas.
Florida Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma coerulescens
A Florida endemic scrub-jay found in oak scrub habitats, known for cooperative family groups and specialized habitat needs.
Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
A colorful green, blue, yellow, and black jay found in parts of southern Texas and farther south into Mexico and Central America.
Island Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma insularis
A scrub-jay restricted to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of southern California, making it one of North America’s most geographically limited corvids.
Mexican Jay
Aphelocoma wollweberi
A social jay of oak and pine-oak woodlands in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
A social blue-gray jay of the interior western United States, closely associated with pinyon-juniper woodlands and pine seed caching.
Sinaloa Crow
Corvus sinaloae
A crow of western Mexico, included here for broader North American and American corvid coverage.
Steller’s Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
A crested western jay with dark head and blue body, commonly associated with coniferous forests and mountain communities.
Tamaulipas Crow
Corvus imparatus
A small crow primarily associated with northeastern Mexico, with rare or limited historical occurrence near the southern edge of Texas.
White-necked Raven
Corvus albicollis
A raven species not native to North America, included only as a comparison placeholder if the directory later expands beyond American native fauna.
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
A blue and gray scrub-jay of the interior western United States and Mexico, often associated with pinyon-juniper, oak, and dry woodland habitats.
Yellow-billed Magpie
Pica nuttalli
A California endemic magpie with a yellow bill, yellow eye skin, black-and-white plumage, and long tail.
Mammal
Companion Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
A domestic dog kept primarily for companionship, household life, emotional connection, recreation, and human-animal bonding.
Coyote
Canis latrans
A highly adaptable North American canid found in many habitats, including grasslands, forests, deserts, and urban edges.
Domestic Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
A domesticated canid widely kept by humans for companionship, work, protection, service, hunting, herding, and other roles across North America.
Free-Ranging Domestic Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
A domestic dog living or moving outside direct household control, including roaming, stray, abandoned, or loosely managed dogs in human-influenced landscapes.
Working Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
A domestic dog trained or used for a specific human-supporting role, such as herding, guarding, detection, search and rescue, service work, hunting, or other specialized tasks.