Yellow-eyed Junco

Junco phaeonotusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Codes: Common Name: YEJU Scientific Name: JUNPHA ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179427

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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.

● 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

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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