{"id":118743,"date":"2023-12-05T04:37:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T11:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=118743"},"modified":"2023-12-05T04:38:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T11:38:31","slug":"another-scrub-jay-name-change-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/12\/05\/another-scrub-jay-name-change-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Scrub-Jay Name Change in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, I’ve been wondering what the new name for the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay species, that I photograph here in Utah, will be when it is changed in 2024.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay on a juniper \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

A little bit of history about the common name this species now has might be in order. In 2016, this species’ common name was Western Scrub-Jay. In July of 2016, there was a scrub-jay split<\/span><\/a>. Western Scrub-Jays in the Interior West became Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jays, and California Scrub-Jays were split from them.<\/p>\n

California Scrub-Jays are more coastal, and Woodhouse\u2019s Scrub-Jays are more inland, though there is a bit of overlap of their ranges in Nevada. The two species have differences in appearance, habitat, voice, and behavior. The scientific name for California Scrub-Jay is Aphelocoma californica<\/em>, and for Woodhouse\u2019s Scrub-Jay, it is Aphelocoma woodhouseii<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Woodhouse'sWoodhouse’s Scrub-Jay with seeds in it bill \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On November 1st, the American Ornithological Society (AOS) announced its intention to change all English-language names of birds<\/span><\/a> within its geographic jurisdiction that are directly named after people.<\/p>\n

I fully support these name changes.<\/p>\n

Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jays<\/span><\/a> will get a new name soon. I don’t know why the AOS didn’t keep ‘Western Scrub-Jay’ when they split the two species in 2016. Going back to Western Scrub-Jay would make sense, and I still hear people calling them Western Scrub-Jays despite their official name change. ‘Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay’ never exactly rolled off of my tongue anyway.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen a suggestion for the name change to be ‘Interior West Scrub-Jay.’ While that name does make sense because of this species’ geographical range, it doesn’t roll off the tongue any easier than Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay does.<\/p>\n

I like the idea of going back to Western Scrub-Jay, but I also like Mountain Scrub-Jay. Both of those roll off of my tongue quite nicely.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what the new name for this species will be; I just know I am looking forward to the change.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Woodhouse\u2019s Scrub-Jay photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately, I’ve been wondering what the new name for the Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay species, that I photograph here in Utah, will be when it is changed in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,4886,1316,358,26,1314,2710],"tags":[4004,5616,5620,2712,970,5552,3194,4620,1130,6792,2714,3914,4674,2691,5267,4104,6793,5264,2135,6188,10452,4427,2690,373,2711],"class_list":["post-118743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-ophir-canyon","category-stansbury-mountains-utah","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","category-woodhouses-scrub-jays","tag-adult","tag-american-ornithological-society","tag-aos","tag-aphelocoma-woodhouseii","tag-autumn","tag-bill","tag-corvids","tag-fall","tag-food","tag-jay","tag-jays","tag-juniper","tag-junipers","tag-juniperus-osteosperma","tag-name-change","tag-perched","tag-scrub-jay","tag-scrub-jays","tag-seeds","tag-shrub","tag-sky-island-mountains","tag-tree","tag-utah-juniper","tag-winter","tag-woodhouses-scrub-jay"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t