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Florida Scrub Jay
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida scrub-jay
species of bird
Species
VulnerableFlorida Scrub-Jay
species
via IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens ) is one of the species of scrub jay native to North America. It is the only species of bird endemic to the U.S. state of Florida and one of only 15 species endemic to the continental United States. Because of this, it is keenly sought by birders. It is known to have been present in Florida as a distinct species for at least 2 million years, and is possibly derived from the ancestors of Woodhouse's scrub jay.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Florida Scrub Jay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.