Florida scrub jay

Weight

75 g – 79.3 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

15.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

16.3 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

17 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

3.75src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 months – 17.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The florida scrub jay is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyCorvidae
6. genusAphelocoma
7. SpeciesAphelocoma coerulescens (Bosc, 1795)

Synonyms Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens, Aphelocoma cyanea, Aphelocoma floridana, Corvus coerulescens, Corvus floridanus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

California scrub jay

Aphelocoma californica

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Unicolored jay

Aphelocoma unicolor

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Transvolcanic jay

Aphelocoma ultramarina

Corvidae

I

Island jay

Aphelocoma insularis

CorvidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Mexican jay

Aphelocoma wollweberi

Corvidae

W

Woodhouse's jay

Aphelocoma woodhouseii

CorvidaeNo free photo yet

CompareFlorida scrub jay vs California scrub jayFlorida scrub jay vs Unicolored jayFlorida scrub jay vs Transvolcanic jayFlorida scrub jay vs Island jay

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@misc{florida_scrub_jay_2026,
  title = {Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/florida-scrub-jay},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}