Michael Frankis said:
Checking further to the above, I read there's 15 described races of Western Scrub Jay, so the San Diego TPSR ones almost certainly are a known, described race. Unfortunately, my books don't give a full listing of all 15 races.
Michael
Here they are.
Aphelocoma californica californica
Aphelocoma californica inmanis
Aphelocoma californica caurina
Aphelocoma californica oocleptica
Aphelocoma californica cana
Aphelocoma californica obscura
Aphelocoma californica cactophila
Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca
Aphelocoma californica nevadae
Aphelocoma californica texana
Aphelocoma californica grisea
Aphelocoma californica cyanotis
Aphelocoma californica remota
Aphelocoma californica woodhouseii
Aphelocoma californica sumichrasti
take with a grain of salt as more work needs to be done and some may result in the end to be consubspecific.
Steve
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