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Aphelocoma woodhouseii  (S. F. Baird, 1858)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 916621

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cyanocitta woodhouseii S. F. Baird, 1858
  
  Common Name(s): Woodhouse's Scrub Jay [English]
  
    Geai de Woodhouse [French]
  
    gaio-das-pradarias [Portuguese]
  
    gaio-de-woodhouse [Portuguese]
  
       
  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 woodhouseii (S. F. Baird, 1858) – Woodhouse's Scrub Jay, Geai de Woodhouse, gaio-das-pradarias, gaio-de-woodhouse  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma woodhouseii cyanotis Ridgway, 1887  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma woodhouseii grisea Nelson, 1899  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma woodhouseii nevadae Pitelka, 1945  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma woodhouseii remota Griscom, 1934  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma woodhouseii sumichrasti (Ridgway, 1874)  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma woodhouseii texana Ridgway, 1902  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma woodhouseii woodhouseii (S. F. Baird, 1858)  
       

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  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 woodhouseii, Woodhouse's Scrub Jay [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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