California scrub jay

California scrub jay
Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve, Richmond, Contra Costa County, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Aphelocoma
Species:
A. californica
Binomial name
Aphelocoma californica
(Vigors, 1839)
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The California scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica) is a species of scrub jay native to western North America. It ranges from southern British Columbia throughout California and western Nevada near Reno to west of the Sierra Nevada. The California scrub jay was once lumped with Woodhouse's scrub jay and collectively called the western scrub jay. The group was also lumped with the island scrub jay and the Florida scrub jay; the taxon was then called simply scrub jay.[2] The California scrub jay is nonmigratory and can be found in urban areas, where it can become tame and will come to bird feeders. While many refer to scrub jays as "blue jays", the blue jay is a different species of bird entirely.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Aphelocoma californica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103727785A112293863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103727785A112293863.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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