Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma woodhouseii

50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Zion National Park
867 Verified records at Zion National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Woodhouse's scrub jay (Aphelocoma[a] woodhouseii) is a species of scrub jay native to western North America, ranging from southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho to central Mexico. Woodhouse's scrub jay was until recently considered the same species as the California scrub jay, and collectively called the western scrub jay. Prior to that both of them were also considered the same species as the island scrub jay and the Florida scrub jay; the taxon was then called simply the scrub jay. Woodhouse's scrub jay is nonmigratory and can be found in urban areas, where it can become tame and will come to bird feeders. While many refer to scrub jays as "blue jays", the blue jay is a different species of bird entirely. Woodhouse's scrub jay is named for the American naturalist and explorer Samuel Washington Woodhouse. Wikipedia →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay sighting in Zion National Park, based on 867 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
60–70
Feb
60–70
Mar
40–50
Apr
40–50
May
40–50
Jun
40–50
Jul
50–60
Aug
40–50
Sep
50–60
Oct
40–50
Nov
60–70
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
50–60%
2 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
50–60%
3 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
4 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
6 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
7 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
9 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay in Zion National Park?

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay sighting in Zion National Park, based on 867 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay in Zion National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay in Zion National Park in our monthly data.

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