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Florida Scrub-jay - FWS
The Florida Scrub-jay is a relict species of fire-dominated oak scrub habitat that occurs on well-drained sandy soils in peninsular Florida . scrub -jaysare extremely habitat-specific, sedentary, and scrub -jays form family groups; fledglings remainwith their parents in their natal territory as helpers. TheFlorida Scrub-jay was listed as a threatened species becauseof loss, fragmentation, and degradation of scrub habitatsthroughout Florida , due primarily to urbanization,agriculture, and fire suppression. During the last 10 to 12years, the population has declined by an estimated 25 to 50percent, and they have been extirpated from seven countiesstatewide.
current county distribution of Florida scrub-jays is shown in Figure 1. On the Atlantic coast, scrub-jays extend from Flagler to Palm Beach counties. On the Gulf coast, scrub-jays persist patchily from Levy, Citrus, western Marion, and northwestern Sumter counties south to Sarasota, western DeSoto, Charlotte, Lee, and northwestern Collier counties.
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