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The Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is one of the species of scrub jay native to North America. It is the only species of bird endemic to the U.S. state of Florida and one of only 15 species endemic to the continental United States. [ 4 ]
Florida scrub jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens. Seven species of Aphelocoma are generally recognized at the present time. They are believed to have evolved in the Pleistocene, and the Florida scrub jay is known to have been recognizably distinct and present in its current range for at least two million years. [4]
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The Florida scrub jay is endemic to the central highlands. It's bid to be state bird was shot down by a gun lobbyist's concerns over property rights
A trail located in the Lyonia Preserve. The Lyonia Preserve is a nature reserve located in Deltona, Florida near the local library. It is joint managed by the state, Volusia County, and the Volusia County School Board. It contains scrublands and the Florida scrub jay, both of which are damaged in the state. The preserve's goal is to maintain the scrublands and the animals on it like the gopher ...
Populations of the Florida scrub-jay, the only bird found solely in the state, have been declining significantly since researchers began studying them in 1969 due to habitat loss from rapid ...
Florida scrub-jay: Aphelocoma coerulescens: U.S. (Florida) T Kagu: Rhynochetos jubatus: South Pacific Ocean - New Caledonia: E Kākāpō: Strigops habroptilus [5] New Zealand: E Mauritius kestrel: Falco punctatus: Indian Ocean - Mauritius E Seychelles kestrel: Falco araea: Indian Ocean - Seychelles Islands E Guam Micronesian kingfisher: Halcyon ...
Their 406-page book The Florida Scrub Jay: Demography of a Cooperative-breeding Bird was published by Princeton University Press in 1984. In a letter to Jack P. Hailman , Ernst Mayr called the book “an instant classic.” [ 2 ] In 1985 the American Ornithologists' Union made an award of the Brewster Medal jointly to Woolfenden and Fitzpatrick ...