Aphelocoma Californica
Identification Tips:
- Length: 10? inches
- Sturdy, dark bill
- Pale supercilium with darker cheeks
- Blue head, rump, wings and tail
- Gray-brown back
- Gray or white throat with dark lower border
- Grayish under parts
- Birds from Washington to California have brighter blue upperparts and whiter throats than birds from the interior portion of the range
Similar species:
- The Mexican Jay, an inhabitant of southeastern Arizona, is similar to the Western Scrub-Jay but has uniform under parts lacking the white throat and dark collar and more evenly colored upperparts.
- Pinyon Jay has blue under parts and a shorter tail.
