Crows (Corvidae)
Florida Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) - HBW 14, p. 572
French: Geai à gorge blanche
German: Floridahäher
Spanish: Chara Floridana
Other common names: Florida Jay
Taxonomy: Corvus coerulescens Bosc, 1795, in Amer. septentrionale = Florida, USA.
May form a superspecies with A. californica and A. insularis, and the three previously treated as conspecific. Relationships of this group with A. ultramarina and A. unicolor yet to be resolved, as recent studies indicate that divergence of these three major lineages within the genus was apparently rapid, leading to conflict among genetic markers. Present species hybridizes with A. californica (in captivity), and recorded as hybridizing once with Cyanocitta cristata. Monotypic.
Distribution: Peninsular Florida, in SE USA.
- Vulnerable
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A bird on a Scrub Oak tree and then on a wood pole Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2004 2 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A front and back close-up of a bird in a Scrub Oak Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2004 2 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
An adult bird calling twice and preening Lake Kissimmee State Park, Polk County, Florida, USA (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 29 February 1992 2 years ago 15 sec 2.9
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A bird perched. Cedar Key Scrub State Preserve, Cedar Key, Levy County, Florida, USA
killiajk 19 January 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
A bird sitting on the top of bush Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 12 May 2007 1 year ago 2.5
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