Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Code 4

DEJU

Code 6

JUNHYE

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Cone
Eye Color: Gray-brown to brown in young, darkening to red-brown or dark red at maturity.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: Black
Nape Color: Black
Throat Color: Black
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 15-17 cm (5.75-6.5 in)
Weight: 20 g (0.7 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: White, Gray
Underparts: White with black breast.
Upperparts: Red brown back and gray rump.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Short flights with white outer tail feathers flashing conspicuously., Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings drawn to sides.
Wingspan Range: 23-25 cm (9.25-10 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Black with white outer feathers.
Under Tail: Black with white outer feathers.
Leg Color: Pink

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America