Species: Junco hyemalis
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Plumage details vary considerably throughout the range, but the following is broadly applicable. Adults lack streaks and typically have dark eyes and a gray to black (sometimes tinged brown) hood over the head and breast, a white belly, and conspicuous white outer tail-feathers on an otherwise dark tail. Typically the bill is pinkish (or bluish, grayish, or bicolored). Males and females are similar but females in some subspecies average paler and browner than males. The appearance changes little throughout the year. Juveniles generally resemble the overall adult plumage pattern but are browner in color, often with a buffy undertone on the breast, and the adult pattern is largely obscured by coarse streaking on the head, back, and underparts. The eyes of juveniles are grayish, and some juveniles have pale wing-bars.
Classification
Aves
Passeriformes
Emberizidae
Junco
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Plumage details vary considerably throughout the range, but the following is broadly applicable. Adults lack streaks and typically have dark eyes and a gray to black (sometimes tinged brown) hood over the head and breast, a white belly, and conspicuous white outer tail-feathers on an otherwise dark tail. Typically the bill is pinkish (or bluish, grayish, or bicolored). Males and females are similar but females in some subspecies average paler and browner than males. The appearance changes little throughout the year. Juveniles generally resemble the overall adult plumage pattern but are browner in color, often with a buffy undertone on the breast, and the adult pattern is largely obscured by coarse streaking on the head, back, and underparts. The eyes of juveniles are grayish, and some juveniles have pale wing-bars.
Conservation Status
LC - Least concern