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Guadalupe Junco
Junco insularis Ridgway, 1876
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Guadalupe Junco, Junco insularis, is a passerine in the New World sparrow family that breeds on Guadalupe Island off north-west Mexico. It was described by Ridgway in 1876. The species is tied to that island alone and is now found mainly in Guadalupe cypress groves, with a few birds in the remaining Monterey pine stands. A small number also breed near the shore in tree tobacco shrubs where cover is dense enough to offer protection from feral cats. Its breeding season runs from February to June, and it nests in a bulky cup of dried grass stems.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Guadalupe I. (off nw Mexico)
