Yellow-Eyed Junco
Junco phaeonotus
The Yellow-Eyed Junco is mostly a resident of the mountains in Mexico. In the USA we can find them in the sky islands of southeastern Arizona. These birds share most of the same traits as their Dark-Eyed cousins. Many of their vocalizations are similar. And that familiar inverted white “V” of their otherwise dark tails that flash as they fly away, remind us we have been in the presence of juncos.
Science recognises four subspecies of Yellow-Eyed Junco:
- J. p. palliatus lives in southeastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico south to central Mexico.
- J. p. phaeonotus lives in southwestern Mexico.
- J. p. fulvescens lives in southern Mexico
- J. p. alticola lives in northern Central America.
I’ve enjoyed the company of these birds when I’ve visited Arizona’s “Sky Islands”. I’ve met them in the Chiricahua, the Santa Rita and the Catalina Mountains of southeastern Arizona. There’s something enchanting in their piercing, fiery yellow eyes that captivate me.
13 Photos
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:14 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721666-YellowEyedJunco |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:14 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721670-YellowEyedJunco |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:25 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721732-YellowEyedJunco |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:39 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721738-YellowEyedJunco |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:23 16:42 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D721755-YellowEyedJunco |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains, south of Tucson Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:27 9:39 |
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Location:
Madera Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D722470-YellowEyedJunco |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Rustler Park near the higher elevations of the Chiricahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 17:30 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD_1072YellowEyeJunco |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: My first meeting with this species was at Rustler Park in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona (USA) on 2003-08-28. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 17:30 |
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Location:
Rustler Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD_1073YellowEyeJunco |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: Incinerator Ridge on Mount Lemon. Near Tucson, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:26 16:08 |
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Location:
Incinerator Ridge |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: YellowEyedJunco_D5X8695 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: I spent my morning with the lower elevation birds at Cave Creek. Then I drove to the higher elevations of the Chiricahuas, hoping to find Mexican Chickadees. I struck out with the chickadees, but made do with the birds more willing to spend time with me. |
Date Taken: 2023:07:10 20:12 |
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Location:
Chiricahua Mountains |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: YellowEyedJunco_Z9X1280_ChiricahuaMountains-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: I spent my morning with the lower elevation birds at Cave Creek. Then I drove to the higher elevations of the Chiricahuas, hoping to find Mexican Chickadees. I struck out with the chickadees, but made do with the birds more willing to spend time with me. |
Date Taken: 2023:07:10 20:13 |
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Location:
Chiricahua Mountains |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: YellowEyedJunco_Z9X1324_ChiricahuaMountains-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: I spent my morning with the lower elevation birds at Cave Creek. Then I drove to the higher elevations of the Chiricahuas, hoping to find Mexican Chickadees. I struck out with the chickadees, but made do with the birds more willing to spend time with me. |
Date Taken: 2023:07:10 20:14 |
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Location:
Chiricahua Mountains |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: YellowEyedJunco_Z9X1336_ChiricahuaMountains-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Yellow-Eyed Junco(Junco phaeonotus) |
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Description: I spent my morning with the lower elevation birds at Cave Creek. Then I drove to the higher elevations of the Chiricahuas, hoping to find Mexican Chickadees. I struck out with the chickadees, but made do with the birds more willing to spend time with me. |
Date Taken: 2023:07:10 20:14 |
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Location:
Chiricahua Mountains |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: YellowEyedJunco_Z9X1373_ChiricahuaMountains-AZ |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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