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Scrub-Jays of the genus Aphelocoma

In 1995, the taxonomic status of the Florida Scrub-Jay was changed from a subspecies of the Scrub Jay to full species status, the Florida Scrub-Jay (A. coreulescens), and scrub-jay populations in western North America were designated as 2 separate species, the widespread Western Scrub-Jay (A. californica) and the Island Scrub-Jay (A insularis), which is restricted to Santa Cruz Island in the Channel islands off southern California. Two other species, not illustrated here, complete the genus; the Mexican Jay (A. ultramarina) and the Unicolor Jay (A. ultramarina). See: Peterson, A.T. 1992. Phylogeny and rates of molecular evolution in the Aphelocoma jays (Corvidae). Auk 109:133-147; and American Ornithologists' Union. 1995. Fortieth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 112:819-830.

Florida Scrub-Jay (click on image for a larger image)
     

Western Scrub-Jay and Island Scrub-Jay (click on image for a larger image)
   

Fig. 1. The Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is the only species of bird restricted to Florida. Since 1969, it has been listed as Endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo by Reed Bowman. Fig. 2. Florida Scrub-Jay, adult male in CURY Territory, May 2005, at Archbold Biological Station, Hufty Tract. Digital photo by Ipek Kulahci.
Fig. 3. Frontispiece from: Woolfenden and Fitzpatrick, 1984, The Florida scrub jay, Princeton Univ. Press.
Fig. 4. Western Scrub-Jay. Digital photo by Jack Hailman, August 2005.
 Fig. 5. Western Scrub-Jay. Digital photo by Jack Hailman, August 2005.
Fig. 6. Island Scrub-Jay (adult) on a Bishop pine. Digital photo by Jack Hailman, August 2005.
 Fig. 7. Island Scrub-Jay (immature) on a Bishop pine. Digital photo by Jack Hailman, August 2005.

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