Species

Aphelocoma californica (California scrub-jay)

Aphelocoma californica. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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 west of the Sierra Nevada. The California scrub jay was once lumped with the island scrub jay, and Woodhouse’s scrub jay, collectively called the western scrub jay. The group was also lumped with the Florida scrub jay; the taxon was then called, simply, the scrub jay. The California scrub jay is…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
        Family: Corvidae (Crows, jays, and magpies)
        Genus: Aphelocoma (Scrub-jays and allies)
        Species: Aphelocoma californica (California scrub-jay)

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