AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Blue jays and cardinals are not related. Blue jays are part of the Corvidae family of birds including magpies, jackdaws, ravens, rooks, and crows. Cardinals are members of the Cardinalidae family, which is made up of grosbeaks, buntings, and cardinals. At best, they’re both passerines and distant relatives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Blue jays do not get along with cardinals simply due to their significant levels of intelligence. Blue jays can manipulate and control circumstances for their potential benefit, especially when they are working in a group. And so, they may presume other birds are at a lower level in terms of their intelligence.

Detailed explanation-3: -If you spotted a blue colored bird with a head crest in your backyard, you may have wondered if it’s a blue cardinal. While there are rare examples of yellow cardinals and white cardinals with unique plumage found in nature, there is no such thing as a blue cardinal.

Detailed explanation-4: -3. California Scrub Jay California scrub jays closely resemble blue jays. The California scrub jay is a dead ringer for the blue jay. They are even in the same taxonomic family, but they are in different genera. One way to tell them apart is by habitat.