Yellow-eyed Junco

Junco phaeonotus Wagler, 1831

Passerellidae — New World Sparrows

Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco phaeonotus, is a passerine in the family Passerellidae and breeds from the south-western United States through Middle America to Guatemala. It was described by Wagler in 1831. A montane bird, it lives mainly in pine and pine-oak forest, and also uses scrub, brushy pasture and fields in upper subtropical and temperate zones. Its range is split into separate parts, with populations in south-western North America, Mexico and western Guatemala. The species is marked by a bright yellow iris, and the sexes differ, though not strongly.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Breeding range: North America, Middle America: sw USA to Guatemala