GALLERIES > BIRDS > PASSERIFORMES > EMBERIZIDAE > YELLOW-EYED JUNCO [Junco phaeonotus] [plot on map]
Location: Barfoot Spring (Chiricahua Mtns), AZGPS: 31.9N, -109.3W, elev=8,174' MAP Date: August 4, 2020 ID : B13K9368 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Morse Canyon, AZGPS: 31.8N, -109.3W, elev=7,070' MAP Date: August 4, 2020 ID : B13K9762 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Upper Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, AZGPS: 31.4N, -110.3W, elev=6,472' MAP Date: June 10, 2016 ID : B13K1835 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Madera Canyon, AZGPS: 31.7N, -110.9W, elev=4,953' MAP Date: February 24, 2008 ID : 4319 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Madera Canyon, AZGPS: 31.7N, -110.9W, elev=4,953' MAP Date: February 24, 2008 ID : 4384 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Madera Canyon, AZGPS: 31.7N, -110.9W, elev=4,953' MAP Date: February 24, 2008 ID : 4406 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Madera Canyon, AZGPS: 31.7N, -110.9W, elev=4,953' MAP Date: November 10, 2007 ID : 6815 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Madera Canyon, AZGPS: 31.7N, -110.9W, elev=4,953' MAP Date: November 10, 2007 ID : 6902 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco phaeonotus, is a species of junco, a genus of small American sparrows. It is the only North American junco with yellow eyes. Alternate names include Mexican Junco, Baird's Junco, Chiapas Junco, and Guatemala Junco.
Its range is primarily in Mexico, extending into some of the mountains of the southern tips of the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico. Not generally migratory, but sometimes moves to nearby lower elevations during winter. The female species lays 3-5 pale gray or bluish-white eggs in an open nest of dried grass two to three times a year. Incubation takes 15 days, and when born, the chicks are ready the leave the nest 2 weeks later. This bird's diet consists mainly of seeds, berries and insects.
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