As of July 7, 2016, the long-predicted split of Western Scrub-Jay into two species has taken place. The interior west species is now called Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii), which is paler and lacks a prominent blue neck band. The more coastal species, which is darker in color, and has the blue neck band and a somewhat larger bill, is now called California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica).
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Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Ash Canyon B&B, Hereford, Cochise County, AZ
April 27, 2018 ©John Schwarz
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Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, CO
April 14, 2015 ©John Schwarz
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Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, CO
April 14, 2015 ©John Schwarz
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Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Canyonlands NP, UT
July 21, 2006 ©John Schwarz
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Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Canyonlands NP, UT
July 21, 2006 ©John Schwarz