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California Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica · Family Corvidae
Aphelocoma californica
Family Corvidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,924,761
- Countries and territories with records
- 3
About this species
This species has 2,924,761 occurrence records from 3 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). The United States accounts for 99.2% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Aphelocoma californica combines the genus name Aphelocoma with the species epithet californica. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Aphelocoma; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Aphelocoma woodhouseii, Aphelocoma wollweberi and Aphelocoma coerulescens.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 132 species of the family Corvidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Corvus brachyrhynchos. Its record count is 3.2 times the family average (908,707). The family Corvidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.