Western scrub-jay Aphelocoma californica
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Length: 10? inches
Sturdy, dark bill
Pale supercilium with darker cheeks
Blue head, rump, wings and tail
Gray-brown back
Gray or white throat with dark lower border ...
Western Scrub-Jay
Relatives in same Genus
Florida Scrub-Jay (A. coerulescens)
Mexican Jay (A. ultramarina) ...
Western Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: CORVIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern ...
The Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) is a western jay which occurs from central Texas to New Mexico and most of the southwest. It is not a desert bird, but is more characteristic of foothills and some low mountain habitat.
The Western Scrub-Jay, A Bright Corvid In Many Respects
By Larry - January 19, 2011 - 12 comments
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Western Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica
California Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma [californica] californica - coastal western North America from Washington to Baja California ...
Western Scrub-Jay
This is one of the friendliest fliers in the West. Some even say it will eat a peanut out of your hand! Learn how to attract the western scrub-jay to your yard, and listen to its song.
Western Tanager ...
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
PARIDAE: Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) ...
6. Western Scrub-jay, with peanut, Strybing Arboretum
8. Liftoff: immature Brown Pelican at Sutro Baths
9. Icarus the Blue Heron, Crissy Field ...
The Western Scrub-Jay was once lumped with the Island Scrub-Jay and the Florida Scrub-Jay; the taxon was then called, simply, the Scrub Jay.
This species has been split from the Western Scrub-Jay because of its brighter plumage and different genetic makeup.
These caches are defended against Western Scrub-Jays and other groups of Acorn Woodpeckers. Although populations have declined in surrounding urban areas, those on campus should persist if mature oaks remain available.
niger) [90], California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) [72], white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus), northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), western scrub-jay ...
 See also: Jay, Scrub-Jay, Finch, Robin, Cardinal
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