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Yellow-eyed Junco

Junco phaeonotusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Yellow-eyed Junco Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Burnt umber yellow in hatchlings, to olive-yellow, to orange-yellow, to orange-yellow or bright yellow at maturity.
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown Color: Gray
  • Forehead Color: Gray
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: Pale Gray
  • Cere color: No Data
Yellow-eyed Junco Body Illustration_2

Body

  • Length Range: 16 cm (6.25 in)
  • Weight: 20 g (0.7 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Gray, Rufous or Rust
  • Underparts: Pale Gray
  • Upperparts: Red-brown back and pale gray rump.
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Yellow-eyed Junco Flight Illustration_2

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Short flights on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides, repeated.
  • Wingspan Range: 25 cm (9.75 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark gray with white outer feathers.
  • Under Tail: Dark gray with white outer feathers.
  • Leg Color: Pink
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Junco phaeonotus
Length6.25 Inches
Wingspan9.75 Inches

Yellow-eyed Junco

Yellow-eyed Junco: Medium sparrow with rufous back and upperwings, pale gray rump and head, and pale gray underparts. Bright yellow eyes contrast with dark face. The belly is white; tail is dark gray with white outer tail feathers. Bill has black upper mandible and pink lower mandible.

● Song: "weedle-weedle-weedle", "che-che-che-che-wee", "tseek"

● Foraging & Feeding: Yellow-eyed Junco: Eats insects, seeds, berries, fruits, and flowers; forages on the ground, often by scratching.

● Breeding & nesting: Yellow-eyed Junco: Three to five pale gray to blue eggs marked with red brown are laid in a nest made of dried grass with a lining of fine grass and mammal hair. Female incubates eggs for 15 days.

● Similar species: Yellow-eyed Junco: Other juncos have dark eyes.

Flight Pattern

Short flights on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides, repeated.
Yellow-eyed Junco Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: Yellow-eyed Junco: Resident in mountains of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Preferred habitats include coniferous forests and pine-oak woods.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.7 Ounces