Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay / Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cyanocitta woodhouseii Rep.Expl.Surv.RR.Pac. 9 p. 584, p. xliii, 585
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Aphelocoma
Taxonomy Code: wooscj2
Type Locality: central line of Rocky Mountains to table lands of Mexico [ = Fort Thorn (ten miles west of Rincon, Doiia Ana County), New Mexico].
Author: Baird, SF
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
APHELOCOMA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Western Scrub Jay A. californica) Gr. αφελης aphelēs smooth, sleek, simple < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus stony ground; κομη komē hair; "Von Cyanocitta könnte, durch schwächeren Schnabel, durch den Mangel des Federschopfes und sonst noch abweichend, als eigene Gruppe gesondert werden: Gen. Aphelocoma n. gen. (von αφελης schlicht und κομη, η, Haupthaar.) 1. A. californica — Garrulus californicus Vig. Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickl. — 2. A. Sieberi. — Pica Sieberi Wagl.; Garrulus sordidus Sws. 3. A. ultramarina. — Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. — 4. A. floridana. — Corvus floridanus Bartram; Garrulus floridanus Bonap." (Cabanis 1853); "Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, sign. 28, p. 221. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, 1858, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9, p. 584), Garrulus californicus Vigors." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 210).
Synon. Garrulina, Sieberocitta.
woodhousei / woodhouseii
Dr Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821-1904) US Army 1849-1862, surgeon, explorer, naturalist in the US and Central America (subsp. Aphelocoma californica, Parmoptila).
SUBSPECIES
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Woodhouse's)
SCI Name: Aphelocoma woodhouseii [woodhouseii Group]
APHELOCOMA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Western Scrub Jay A. californica) Gr. αφελης aphelēs smooth, sleek, simple < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus stony ground; κομη komē hair; "Von Cyanocitta könnte, durch schwächeren Schnabel, durch den Mangel des Federschopfes und sonst noch abweichend, als eigene Gruppe gesondert werden: Gen. Aphelocoma n. gen. (von αφελης schlicht und κομη, η, Haupthaar.) 1. A. californica — Garrulus californicus Vig. Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickl. — 2. A. Sieberi. — Pica Sieberi Wagl.; Garrulus sordidus Sws. 3. A. ultramarina. — Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. — 4. A. floridana. — Corvus floridanus Bartram; Garrulus floridanus Bonap." (Cabanis 1853); "Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, sign. 28, p. 221. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, 1858, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9, p. 584), Garrulus californicus Vigors." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 210).
Synon. Garrulina, Sieberocitta.
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Sumichrast's)
SCI Name: Aphelocoma woodhouseii sumichrasti/remota
APHELOCOMA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Western Scrub Jay A. californica) Gr. αφελης aphelēs smooth, sleek, simple < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus stony ground; κομη komē hair; "Von Cyanocitta könnte, durch schwächeren Schnabel, durch den Mangel des Federschopfes und sonst noch abweichend, als eigene Gruppe gesondert werden: Gen. Aphelocoma n. gen. (von αφελης schlicht und κομη, η, Haupthaar.) 1. A. californica — Garrulus californicus Vig. Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickl. — 2. A. Sieberi. — Pica Sieberi Wagl.; Garrulus sordidus Sws. 3. A. ultramarina. — Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. — 4. A. floridana. — Corvus floridanus Bartram; Garrulus floridanus Bonap." (Cabanis 1853); "Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, sign. 28, p. 221. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, 1858, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9, p. 584), Garrulus californicus Vigors." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 210).
Synon. Garrulina, Sieberocitta.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)