Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Baird, SF 1858)
Woodhouse's scrub jay, is a species of scrub jay native to western North America, ranging from southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho to central Mexico. Woodhouse's scrub jay was until recently considered the same species as the California scrub jay, and collectively called the western scrub jay. Prior to that both of them were also considered the same species as the island scrub jay and the Florida scrub jay; the taxon was then called simply the scrub jay. Woodhouse's scrub jay is nonmigratory and can be found in urban areas, where it can become tame and will come to bird feeders. While many refer to scrub jays as "blue jays", the blue jay is a different species of bird entirely. Woodhouse's scrub jay is named for the American naturalist and explorer Samuel Washington Woodhouse. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Aphelocoma
Scientific:
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Original description
Citation:
(Baird, SF 1858)
Reference:
Rep. Explor. Surv. Railr. Mississ. Pacif.
9 p.584, p.xliii, 585
Protonym:
Cyanocitta woodhouseii
Type locality:
central line of Rocky Mountains to table lands of Mexico [ = Fort Thorn (ten miles west of Rincon, Doiia Ana County), New Mexico].
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43078#page/648/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
5CA7CBDB7BBB837C
Avibase ID:
avibase-5CA7CBDB
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5CA7CBDB
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916621
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Azerbaijani:
Vudxauz kol zığ-zığı
Danish:
Præriekratskade
Estonian:
hallrind-sininäär
Finnish:
katajapensasnärhi
French:
Geai de Woodhouse
Dutch:
Woodhouses Struikgaai
Chinese:
伍氏丛鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
伍德氏灌叢鴉
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma californica [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma californica [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma californica [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma californica [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma californica [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma californica [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's) ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aphelocoma woodhouseii [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Aphelocoma [woodhouseii or sumichrasti]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: Vudxauz kol zığ-zığı
Bulgarian: Бледа сойка [Група woodhouseii]
Catalan: gaig de bardissa de Woodhouse [grup woodhouseii]
Czech: sojka vnitrozemská [skupina woodhouseii]
Danish: Præriekratskade, Præriekratskade (Almindelig)
German: Woodhousehäher [woodhouseii-Gruppe]
English: Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's), Woodhouse's Jay, Woodhouse's Scrub Jay, Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (Woodhouse's), Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's)
English (Avilist): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's)
English, HBW: Western Scrub-jay (Woodhouse's)
English (IOC): Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (Woodhouse's)
English (United States): Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's)
Spanish: Chara de Woodhouse (grupo woodhouseii)
Spanish (Spain): Chara de Woodhouse (grupo woodhouseii), Chara de Woodhouse [Grupo woodhouseii]
Spanish (HBW): Western Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's)
Spanish (Mexico): Chara de Collar, Chara de Collar (grupo woodhouseii)
Estonian: hallrind-sininäär
Finnish: katajapensasnärhi, katajapensasnärhi (woodhouseii- ryhmä)
French: Geai buissonnier (de Woodhouse), Geai de Woodhouse, Geai de Woodhouse (de Woodhouse), Geai de Woodhouse (groupe woodhouseii), Geai de Woodhouse [woodhouseii], Geai-bleu de Woodhouse
French (Guyane): Geai de Woodhouse (groupe woodhouseii)
Japanese (romaji): amerikakakesu (woodhouseii guru-pu), uddohausukakesu (woodhouseii guru-pu)
Japanese: アメリカカケス (woodhouseii グループ), ウッドハウスカケス (woodhouseii グループ), ウッドハウスカケス（woodhouseii グループ）
Scientific: Aphelocoma californica [woodhouseii Group], Aphelocoma californica woodhousei, Aphelocoma californica woodhouseii, Aphelocoma coerulescens woodhousei, Aphelocoma coerulescens woodhouseii, Aphelocoma woodhousei, Aphelocoma woodhouseii, Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group], Aphelocoma woodhouseii woodhouseii, Cyanocitta woodhouseii
Dutch: Westelijke Struikgaai (woodhouseii groep), Woodhouses Struikgaai
Norwegian: einerskrike (woodhouseii gr.)
Polish: modrowronka lesna, modrowronka leśna, modrowronka leśna [gr. woodhouseii]
Portuguese (Portugal): gaio-de-woodhouse [grupo woodhouseii]
Russian: Кустарниковая сойка Вудхауза, Невадская сойка [группа woodhouseii]
Slovak: kapuciarka krovinná, kapuciarka krovinová, kapuciarka krovinová (skup.)
Serbian: Severna kontinentalna žbunjarska kreja
Swedish: inlandssnårskrika, inlandssnårskrika ([woodhouseii Group]), inlandssnårskrika [gruppen woodhouseii]
Turkish: Woodhouse çalı kargası [woodhouseii grubu]
Ukrainian: Сойка сонорська [група woodhouseii]
Chinese: 伍氏丛鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 伍德氏灌叢鴉
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