Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Aphelocoma californica

Your sightings

Related taxa

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
none American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) Avilist 2025 (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025) (v.1) Clements, version 2024 (v.1) Clements, version 2025 (v.1) Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2) (v.1) Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018) (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2 (v.1) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original) (v.1) Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition) (v.1)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

English: California Scrub-Jay (hypoleuca), California Scrub-Jay (Xantus's), Western Scrub-Jay (Xantus's), Xantus's Scrub-Jay
French: Geai buissonnier (hypoleuca)
Scientific: Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca, Aphelocoma coerulescens cactophila, Aphelocoma coerulescens hypoleuca