Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Arizona Junco, Mexican Junco, Red-Backed Junco, Yellow-Eyed Junco
Common Names in French:
Junco Aux Yeux Jaunes
Common Names in German:
Rotrückenjunko
Common Names in Japanese:
メキシコユキヒメドリ
Common Names in Spanish:
Junco Ojo De Lumbre
Common Names in unspecified:
Yellow-Eyed Junco
Description
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
Length : 5.5 inches.
Habitat
Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine-oak forests • Minimum Elevation: 1,200 meters • Maximum Elevation: 4,300 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Upper montaine: mountains, upper range, above 3,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,809 meters (0 to 9,216 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Biology
Diet
Mostly Insects, Seeds,
Reproduction
- Breeding Habitat : Woodland
- Nest Location: Ground-low nesting
- Nest Type: Open-cup
- Clutch Size: 3-4
- Length of Incubation : 15 days
- Days to Fledge : 10
- Number of Broods: 2-3
Migration
Short distance migrant
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
()
- Tribe:
Emberizini
()
- Genus:
Junco
()
- Wagler 1831 Isis 24 col.526
- Specific name:
phaeonotus
- Wagler 1831 Isis 24 col.526
- Scientific name: - Junco phaeonotus Wagler 1831
- Specific name:
phaeonotus
- Wagler 1831 Isis 24 col.526
- Genus:
Junco
(
- Tribe:
Emberizini
(
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.
Similar Species
The Dark-eyed Junco is similar to the local (southeast Arizona) Yellow-eyed Junco but has dark eyes. Black-chinned sparrow has streaked back, brown wings and lacks white in the tail.
Members of the genus Junco
There are approximately 45 species in this genus:
J. aikeni · J. alticola · J. bairdi · J. caniceps (Grey-Headed Junco) · J. caniceps caniceps (Grey-Headed Junco) · J. caniceps dorsalis · J. caniceps hyemalis · J. fulvescens · J. hyemalis (Slate Coloured Junco) · J. hyemalis aikeni (White-Winged Junco) · J. hyemalis caniceps (Gray-Headed Junco) · J. hyemalis carolinensis · J. hyemalis cismontanus (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis dorsalis · J. hyemalis hyemalis (Slate Coloured Junco) · J. hyemalis insularis · J. hyemalis mearnsi (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis montanus · J. hyemalis oreganus (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis oreganus-shufeldti · J. hyemalis oregonus · J. hyemalis pinosus (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis pontilis · J. hyemalis shufeldti · J. hyemalis thurberi · J. hyemalis townsendi · J. insularis (Guadalupe Junco) · J. mearnsi · J. oreganus · J. oreganus hyernalis · J. oreganus mearnsi · J. oreganus montanus · J. oreganus pinosus · J. oreganus shufeldti · J. oreganus thurberi · J. oreganus x · J. phaenotus · J. phaeonotus (Yellow-Eyed Junco) · J. phaeonotus alticola · J. phaeonotus bairdi · J. phaeonotus fulvescens · J. phaeonotus palliatus (Yellow-Eyed Junco) · J. phaeonotus phaeonotus (Yellow-Eyed Junco) · J. siemsseni · J. vulcani (Volcano Junco)
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Further Reading
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Birds. With the co-operation of John Cassin and George N. Lawrence. Washington, D.C., 1858. ENG url p. 465.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 1099, p. 1127, p. 1130, p. 1133, p. 1821, p. 1856, p. 1859.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. New Haven: The Museum, ENG url p. 105.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 370.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. ENG url p. 544, p. 552, p. 553.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. ENG url p. 345, p. 348, p. 491, p. 509.
- Dickinson, E.C. (Editor) (2003): The Howard and Moore Complete Check-List of the Birds of the World, edition 3rd Edition, Christopher Helm
- Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
- Katalog der Eiersammlung, nebst Beschreibungeh der aussereuropchen Eier. Berlin, R. Friedler & Sohn, 1910. GER url p. 316.
- Postilla. New Haven, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1950-2004. ENG url p. 40.
- Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 264, p. 48.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas. ENG url p. 645, p. 664.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 07, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network, Project FeederWatch
- Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850254
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179430
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815854
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179427
- IUCN ID: 53556
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBXA5030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178309
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,327.130 meters (4,354.101 feet), Standard Deviation = 585.680 based on 1,730 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
