What is Western scrub jay?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Aphelocoma californica'' | image =Aphelocoma californica - Sarah Stierch - C.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Male ''Aphelocoma californica'' | image2 = Aphelocoma californica - California Scrub Jay - XC110976.ogg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[passerine|Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Corvidae]]}} [[File:Aphelocoma californica in Seattle cropped.jpg|thumb|right|230px]] A '''Western scrub jay''' (''Aphelocoma californica'') is a type of [[jay]] [[bird]] in Western [[North America]]. They live in forests and look for food on the ground. They eat [[acorn]]s, hairy [[caterpillar]]s, [[beetle]]s, [[wasp]]s, [[corn]], [[nuts]], [[fruit]], [[lizard]]s, and other things.<ref>Fisher, Chris C. and Joseph Morlan. ''Birds of San Francisco and the Bay Area.'' Auburn: Lone Pine Publishing (1996). {{ISBN|1551050803}}</ref> == References == {{commons cat-inline|Aphelocoma californica}} {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Corvids]] [[Category:Birds of North America]]