Florida Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma coerulescens

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Crows and Jays (Corvidae)

Code 4

FLSJ

Code 6

APHCOE

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Blue
Forehead Color: White with gray wash.
Nape Color: Blue
Throat Color: White with gray wash.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 28 cm (11 in)
Weight: 79 g (2.8 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Blue, Gray
Underparts: White with gray wash.
Upperparts: Gray-brown back with blue wings.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with steady buoyant wing beats. Glides between perches within tree, between trees, and from tree to ground.
Wingspan Range: 41 cm (16 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Blue
Under Tail: Blue
Leg Color: Black

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