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Dark-Eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

"Slate Coloried" (more below)

 
 
 

Identification Tips:

PWRC
For scientific details go directly to the
 Dark-Eyed Junco
section of PWRC
(Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)

This is part of the USGS website
(United States Geological Survey)

This Songbird's Diet:

 
  • Length: 4.25 inches
  • Small, seed-eating bird
  • Short, conical bill
  • Short, forked tail
  •  

  • seeds (almost exclusively)

  • insects (lesser quantities)

(for more... see the PWRC songbird link in the middle column)

 

SUMMER RANGE

Black-Eyed "Slate-Colored" Junco   Black-Eyed "Oregon" Junco   Black-Eyed "Gray-Headed"Juncos

WINTER RANGE

 

Acknowledgements:
United States Geological Survey - www.usgs.gov.
BBS Maps (North American Breeding Birds Surveys) courtesy of USGS

CBC Maps (Christmas Bird Count of Winter Bird Popluations) courtesy of USGS

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