
BIR031-00049
Western scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This and other corvid species are studied to learn how cognition evolved, how animals use cognitive abilities to solve problems in nature and how cognitive abilities can affect the evolutionary process.
Keywords
- Animal
- Aphelocoma
- Aphelocoma californica
- bird
- californica
- Captive
- Close-up
- cognition
- corvid
- Evolution
- Jay
- lab animal
- Photo Ark
- Portrait
- research animal
- studio
- studio portrait
- western scrub jay
- white background
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.