| Island scrub jay | |
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| On Santa Cruz Island, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Aphelocoma |
| Species: | A. insularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphelocoma insularis Henshaw, 1886
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| Year-round resident range on Santa Cruz Island | |
The island scrub jay (Aphelocoma insularis), also known as the island jay or Santa Cruz jay, is a bird in the genus, Aphelocoma, which is endemic to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Southern California. Of the over 500 breeding bird species in the continental U.S. and Canada, it is the only insular endemic landbird species.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Aphelocoma insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.[dead link]
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ S. A. Morrisson; et al. (December 2011). "Proactive conservation management of an island-endemic bird species in the face of global change" (PDF). BioScience. 61 (12): 1013–1021. doi:10.1525/bio.2011.61.12.11. S2CID 85961132. Retrieved 2014-04-04.