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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 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 ...
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. Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
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.
Vespula sulphurea, the California yellowjacket, is a species of wasp within the family Vespidae. [1] It is found distributed in the Upper Sonoran Fauna of California , but has been known to occur in southern Oregon , western Nevada , southern Arizona , and northern Baja California .
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Also, since its semiarid scrubland habitat is an endangered ecosystem, the Florida scrub jay has a small and declining population. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] A number of island species, which are more vulnerable to introduced species and habitat loss, have been driven to extinction, such as the New Zealand raven , or are threatened, like the Mariana crow .