The dark-eyed junco is actually part of the new world sparrow group and between the 15 subspecies is one of the most widespread birds in North America. Populations thrive from the Arctic to ...

At one time, five distinct groups were considered separate species: slate-colored, Oregon, gray-headed, white-winged and Guadalupe junco. But now, some people consider juncos to be one species ...

A small sparrow sub-species called the gray-headed junco thrives in open, grassy savannahs created by browsing elk, and had not declined during the recent reduced snowfalls.

Caption Parent gray-headed junco enticing young to leave the nest. Parents hold food away from nest and young come out to get it and this picture captures a young that was just fed out of the nest.

The lively birds in the sparrow family were once called “gray-headed juncos” with dark gray hoods, gray bodies and reddish-orange backs. Houston occasionally gets wintertime juncos, once named ...

Juncos with the Oregon color have a dark head, brownish-gray wings and a rusty-to-pink blush on the sides. Its beak is pale (usually pink or off-ivory).

Caption Parent gray-headed junco with food that is peering into an enclosure used to delay age at which young could leave their nests prior to entering the enclosure to feed the young. This ...