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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 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]
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.
List of birds of California; ... Woodhouse's scrub jay; Y. Yellow-eyed junco This page was last edited on 16 May 2020, at 16:54 (UTC). ...
Avian habitats include: coastal prairie, northern coastal scrub, maritime ponderosa pine forests, coast redwood forests, interior chaparral and woodlands, and mixed evergreen forests. Included are: common (C), fairly common (F), and uncommon (U) sightings/occurrences. [3] Not included are: rare, casual, and irregular sightings.
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
California scrub-jay. The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence. Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis; Pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
One of the most common birds at the La Brea tar pits, the Californian turkey is most closely related to the modern wild turkey, from which it likely evolved after a population became isolated in California. In size it was intermediate between the two modern turkey species. California quail [116] [11] Callipepla californica: 138 specimens [80] [a]