Scrub-Jays and Allies
Aphelocoma
The passerine birds of the genus Aphelocoma include the scrub jays and relatives. They are New World jays found in Mexico, western Central America and the western United States, with an outlying population in Florida. This genus belongs to the group of New World (or "blue") jays–possibly a distinct subfamily–which is not closely related to other jays, magpies or treepies. They live in open pine-oak forests, chaparral, and mixed evergreen forests.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
California Scrub-Jay
speciesAphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
speciesAphelocoma woodhouseii
Mexican Jay
speciesAphelocoma wollweberi
Florida Scrub-Jay
speciesAphelocoma coerulescens
Island Scrub-Jay
speciesAphelocoma insularis
Transvolcanic Jay
speciesAphelocoma ultramarina
Unicolored Jay
speciesAphelocoma unicolor
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7824.