Species profile
Island scrub jay
Aphelocoma insularis
Quick answer
Santa Cruz I. (Channel Islands off s California)
- Scientific name
- Aphelocoma insularis
- Family
- Corvidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Aphelocoma
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