Mexican Jay

Aphelocoma wollweberi

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Aphelocoma
eBird Code
mexjay4

Vocalizations

Cole Wolf · CC_BY_4_0
Rachel Stringham · CC_BY_4_0
Scott Harris · CC_BY_4_0
Katie Halter · CC0_1_0
Jeff Ward · CC_BY_4_0
Cole Wolf · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Aphelocoma wollweberi arizonae

    mountains of Arizona and New Mexico to northern Sonora and northwestern Chihuahua

  • Aphelocoma wollweberi couchii

    mountains of far southwestern Texas to southern Nuevo León and central Tamaulipas

  • Aphelocoma wollweberi potosina

    mountains of east-central Mexico (San Luis Potosí to Querétaro and central Hidalgo)

  • Aphelocoma wollweberi wollweberi

    northwestern and west-central Mexico

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.