ADW: Aphelocoma californica: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Corvoidea (crows, birds of paradise, and relatives)
        
        Family Corvidae (crows and jays)
        
        Genus Aphelocoma (scrub jays)
        
        Species Aphelocoma californica (western scrub jay)
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica cactophila
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica californica
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica cana
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica cyanotis
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica grisea
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica nevadae
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica obscura
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica remota
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica sumichrasti
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica suttoni
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica texana
        
        Subspecies Aphelocoma californica woodhouseii

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Aphelocoma californicawestern scrub jay(Also: western scrub-jay)

Aphelocoma californica
western scrub jay
(Also: western scrub-jay)