#junco phaeonotus

[fatchance]

Yellow-eyed junco / junco ojos de lumbre (Junco phaeonotus) at Ramsey Canyon.

In the United States they are only found in the Madrean sky islands of Arizona and New Mexico.

[eye-see-a-bird]

Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus)

© Caleb Strand

[birdstudies]

January 29, 2020 - Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus)

These juncos are found in mountain forests from parts of the southwestern United States through Mexico to Guatemala. They eat seeds, invertebrates, and sometimes sap, flowers, and berries, foraging mostly on the ground, or sometimes in shrubs and trees. Females build cup-shaped nests in depressions on the ground from grasses, pine needles, moss, and hair, where they incubate the eggs alone. Both parents feed the chicks.

[fatchance]

Fire eyes.

Yellow-eyed junco / junco ojos de lumbre (Junco phaeonotus) at Madera Canyon in the Coronado National Forest, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

This is my newest candidate for bird with the best Spanish name. Outside of Mexico these birds only occur in the madrean sky islands of southeastern Arizona. 

[fatchance]

Yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) at Sunny Flat, near Portal, Arizona. 

[fullfrontalbirds]

Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus)

© Sally Veach

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