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Aphelocoma insularis
Photo by Charles Harper.
Photo taken: Santa Cruz Island, California.

Identification

Immature

Gray with blue flight feathers and tail

Similar Species

Distinguished from the mainland Western Scrub-Jay by its blue undertail coverts and long, heavy bill.

Distribution

Endemic to Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park, California.

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Chordata -> Class: Aves -> Order: Passeriformes -> Family: Corvidae -> Genus: Aphelocoma -> Species: C. insularis
Formerly considered a subspecies of Scrub Jay A. coerulescens.

Habitat

Open oak woodland.

Behaviour

Diet includes acorns of the Island Oak (Quercus tomentella).

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