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Woodhouse's scrub jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) is a species of scrub jay native to western North America, ranging from southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho to central Mexico. Woodhouse's scrub jay was until recently considered the same species as the California scrub jay , and collectively called the western scrub jay.
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 western scrub-jay is now made up of three species. These would be separated by the Great Basin, with the Pacific coastal lineage (California scrub-jay) and the island scrub-jay, as well as the inland lineage (Woodhouse's scrub-jay), with the Florida scrub-jay being a sister species.
The island scrub jay is found today only on Santa Cruz Island, the largest of California's Channel Islands with an area of 250 km 2 (96 mi 2). [12] The island is a nature reserve , the eastern 24% being administered by National Park Service as the part of the Channel Islands National Park and the rest of the island by the Nature Conservancy ...
Western scrub jay has been split into the following species: . California scrub jay, Aphelocoma californica; Woodhouse's scrub jay, Aphelocoma woodhouseii; The island scrub jay, A. insularis, is a scrub jay and lives in the West, but was not part of the western scrub jay species.
California scrub jay; F. Florida scrub jay; I. ... Unicolored jay; W. Woodhouse's scrub jay This page was last edited on 29 November 2024, at 09:15 ...
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It is most readily distinguished from the similar Woodhouse's scrub-jay by the plain (unstreaked) throat and breast, and the mantle contrasting less with the head and wings. Its range somewhat overlaps with the Woodhouse's scrub-jay, but, where they co-occur, the two species seem to show ecological and morphological character displacement ...