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Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis carolinensis
43.4295, -80.0351
Field Notes
Description:
Adults generally have gray heads, necks, and breasts, gray or brown backs and wings, and a white belly, but show a confusing amount of variation in plumage details. The white outer tail feathers flash distinctively in flight and while hopping on the ground. The bill is usually pale pinkish.
Notes:
This is the best-known species of the juncos, a genus of small grayish American sparrows. This bird is common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic. It is a very variable species.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2011
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