A Cool Junco
Published: December 27, 2023
Tags: General Observations, dark-eyed junco
I noted an odd looking junco a few days ago. I thought it might be a White-winged Junco, a subspecies where there are dots of white creating the look of wingbars on these dark birds. I posted to a junco Facebook group and some of the experts replied that this is a pigment anomaly that rarely occurs in the Dark-eyed Junco populations. If it were of the White-winged ssp, it would have a larger bill and the bird, itself, would be much larger. The subspecies also would exhibit dark lores on a lighter gray face. Well - learn something new everyday! I still think it's a neat looking bird!
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