Transvolcanic jay

Weight

109.9 g – 124 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

19 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

25 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

18 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.07src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Generalistsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The transvolcanic jay is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

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 Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyCorvidae
6. genusAphelocoma
7. SpeciesAphelocoma ultramarina (Bonaparte, 1825)

Synonyms Corvus ultramarinus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Florida scrub jay

Aphelocoma coerulescens

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

California scrub jay

Aphelocoma californica

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Unicolored jay

Aphelocoma unicolor

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

CompareTransvolcanic jay vs Florida scrub jayTransvolcanic jay vs California scrub jayTransvolcanic jay vs Unicolored jayTransvolcanic jay vs Island jay

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@misc{transvolcanic_jay_2026,
  title = {Transvolcanic jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/transvolcanic-jay},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}