slate-colored junco

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slate-colored junco - common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises

dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis

junco, snowbird - small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

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flanks are more often gray, as found in the Slate-colored Junco and

Animal migration as a moving target for conservation: intra-species variation and responses to environmental change, as illustrated in a sometimes migratory songbird

The most widespread species of them was, until a few decades ago, called the slate-colored junco. Then a decision was made that slate-colored juncoes and the Oregon junco should really be considered variants of the same species, the dark-eyed junco.

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For instance, sparrows like the American tree sparrow, slate-colored junco and song sparrows like to scratch around on the ground for their food.