Go for Green

To find this vibrant, bold-patterned jay, you'll have to head way south

- JILL STAAKE

Jays are a familiar sight across much of the United States and Canada, with 10 jay species spread across the continent. These corvids are all visually striking in their own way, but perhaps none so much as the green jay, a tropical bird found in just one corner of the U.S.

Travel Required

To see this unique flier in the U.S., you'll have to travel to southern Texas, which is the very northern edge of the green jay's range. Green jays are also found in parts of Mexico and northern Central America, with a second population in South America-however, some think those birds, living almost 900 miles away, are an entirely different species because they are larger and live in different habitats.

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