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Aphelocoma californica  (Vigors, 1839)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554128

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Garrulus californicus Vigors, 1839
  
  Common Name(s): California Scrub Jay [English]
  
    Geai buissonnier [French]
  
    gaio-da-califórnia [Portuguese]
  
    Chara californiana [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyCorvidae Leach, 1820 – crows, jays, magpies, corneilles, geais, pies  
                               GenusAphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 – Scrub Jays  
                                  SpeciesAphelocoma californica (Vigors, 1839) – California Scrub Jay, Geai buissonnier, gaio-da-califórnia, Chara californiana  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma californica californica (Vigors, 1839)  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma californica cana Pitelka, 1951 – Eagle Mountain scrub jay 
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma californica caurina Pitelka, 1951  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma californica hypoleuca Ridgway, 1887  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma californica immanis Grinnell, 1901  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma californica obscura Anthony, 1889  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma californica oocleptica Swarth, 1918  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Aphelocoma californica    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Aphelocoma californica    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Aphelocoma californica   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Aphelocoma californica, California Scrub Jay [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Aphelocoma californica   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Canada, Incidental  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Change English name to California Scrub Jay with split of Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (IOC List v15.1)  
 

 

    


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