Woodhouse's Scrub Jay

Aphelocoma woodhouseii

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Aphelocoma
eBird Code
wooscj2

Vocalizations

Steve Taylor · CC_BY_4_0
James M. Maley · CC_BY_4_0
willingarden · CC_BY_4_0
Scott Crabtree · CC_BY_4_0
Mike Tilley · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (7)

  • Aphelocoma woodhouseii cyanotis

    mountains of east-central Mexico (southern Coahuila and Nuevo León to Hidalgo)

  • Aphelocoma woodhouseii grisea

    northwestern Mexico (east slopes of Sierra Madre Occidental)

  • Aphelocoma woodhouseii nevadae

    southeastern Oregon southward through Great Basin to northeastern Sonora and northwestern Chihuahua

  • Aphelocoma woodhouseii remota

    southwestern Mexico (Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero)

  • Aphelocoma woodhouseii sumichrasti

    highlands of southern Mexican Plateau (Veracruz to Puebla and Oaxaca)

  • Aphelocoma woodhouseii texana

    west-central Texas

  • Aphelocoma woodhouseii woodhouseii

    Rocky Mountains to western Oklahoma, western Texas, and northern Chihuahua

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.