Slate Colored Dark Eyed Junco

Dark eyed juncos are among the most abundant forest birds of north america.
Slate colored dark eyed junco. These birds are about 5 to 6 1 2 inches long. The western oregon race has black male or gray female hood and brown back. Immatures can have some. And oregon junco found across much of the western u s with a dark hood.
There are sighting reports of this junco in almost all regions of the continent. The bill is pinkish and the eyes are dark. Slate colored junco of the eastern united states and most of canada which is smooth gray above. Dennis derby audubon photography awards.
How climate change will reshape the range of the dark eyed junco. Dark eyed junco call description. The dark eyed junco slate colored is the most common sub species of the dark eyed junco. The dark eyed junco junco hyemalis is a species of junco a group of small grayish american sparrows this bird is common across much of temperate north america and in summer ranges far into the arctic it is a very variable species much like the related fox sparrow passerella iliaca and its systematics are still not completely untangled.
The male slate colored junco has a white belly contrasting sharply with a dark gray hood and upperparts usually with very little contrast between the hood and back. Slate colored juncos can also be found throughout canada and alaska. The slate colored dark eyed junco is the only variation commonly found in the east ranging from the east coast to but not including the rocky mountain region. The eastern slate colored race is uniform dark gray or brownish gray depending on whether it is male or female.
This junco has the widest overall range of all the group of sub species of the dark eyed junco in north america. Audubon s scientists have used 140 million bird observations and sophisticated climate models to project how climate change will affect this bird s range in the future.