YELLOW-EYED JUNCO

The 'Yellow-eyed Junco', ''Junco phaeonotus'', is a species of junco, a genus of small American sparrows. It is the only North American junco with yellow eyes. Alternate names include 'Mexican Junco', 'Baird's Junco', 'Chiapas Junco', and 'Guatemala Junco'.
Its range is primarily in Mexico, extending into some of the mountains of the southern tips of the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico. Not generally migratory, but sometimes moves to nearby lower elevations during winter. The female species lays 3-5 pale gray or bluish-white eggs in an open nest of dried grass two to three times a year. Incubation takes 15 days, and when born, the chicks are ready the leave the nest 2 weeks later. This bird's diet consists mainly of seeds, berries and insects.

Contents

References

Further reading

Book

Thesis

Articles

References

★ Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

Further reading

Book

★ Sullivan, K. A. 1999. ''Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus)''. In ''The Birds of North America'', No. 464 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Thesis

★ Mila Valcarcel B. Ph.D. (2005). ''The role of Pleistocene glacial cycles in driving speciation and the evolution of migration in songbirds: Inferring evolutionary processes from mitochondrial DNA and morphological data''. University of California, Los Angeles, United States -- California.

★ White JL. M.S. (1992). ''A morphometric analysis of populations of yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) in southeastern Arizona''. The University of Arizona, United States -- Arizona.

Articles

★ Caraco T. (1979). ''Time Budgeting and Group Size a Test of Theory''. Ecology. vol '60', no 3. p. 618-627.

★ Caraco T. (1982). ''Flock Size and the Organization of Behavioral Sequences in Juncos Junco-Phaeonotus''. Condor. vol '84', no 1. p. 101-105.

★ Caraco T, Martindale S & Pulliam HR. (1980). ''Avian Flocking in the Presence of a Predator''. Nature. vol '285', no 5764. p. 400-401.

★ Caraco T, Martindale S & Pulliam HR. (1980). ''Avian Time Budgets and Distance to Cover''. Auk. vol '97', no 4. p. 872-875.

★ Caraco T, Martindale S & Whittam TS. (1980). ''An Empirical Demonstration of Risk Sensitive Foraging Preferences''. Animal Behaviour. vol '28', no 3. p. 820-830.

★ Gumbart TC & Sullivan KA. (1990). ''Predation on Yellow-Eyed Juncos Nestlings by Twin-Spotted Rattlesnakes''. Southw Natural. vol '35', no 3. p. 367-368.

★ Hainsworth FR, Moonan T, Voss MA, Sullivan KA & Weathers WW. (1998). ''Time and heat allocations to balance conflicting demands during intermittent incubation by Yellow-eyed Juncos''. J Avian Biol. vol '29', no 2. p. 113-120.

★ Houston AI & McNamara JM. (1990). ''Risk-Sensitive Foraging and Temperature''. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. vol '5', no 5. p. 131-132.

★ Kirkpatrick C & Conway CJ. (2006). ''Woodrat (Neotoma) depredation of a yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) nest''. Southw Natural. vol '51', no 3. p. 412-414.

★ Leary J & Sullivan KA. (1991). ''INTRUDERS ON YELLOW-EYED JUNCO TERRITORIES''. Wilson Bull. vol '103', no 2. p. 292-295.

★ Mila B, Smith TB & Wayne RK. (2006). ''Postglacial population expansion drives the evolution of long-distance migration in a songbird''. Evolution. vol '60', no 11. p. 2403-2409.

★ Oliphant LW. (1988). ''Cytology and Pigments of Non-Melanophore Chromatophores in the Avian Iris''. In ''Bagnara, J T (Ed) Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol 256 Advances in Pigment Cell Research; Thirteenth International Pigment Cell Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA, October 5-9, 1986 Xxv+637p Alan R Liss, Inc: New York, New York, USA Illus 65-82, 1988''.

★ Pulliam HR, Anderson KA, Misztal A & Moore N. (1974). ''Temperature Dependent Social Behavior in Juncos''. Ibis. vol '116', no 3. p. 360-364.

★ Shields GF & Straus NA. (1975). ''DNA DNA Hybridization Studies of Birds''. Evolution. vol '29', no 1. p. 159-166.

★ Sullivan KA. (1988). ''Age-Specific Profitability and Prey Choice''. Animal Behaviour. vol '36', no 2. p. 613-615.

★ Sullivan KA. (1988). ''Ontogeny of Time Budgets in Yellow-Eyed Juncos Adaptation to Ecological Constraints''. Ecology. vol '69', no 1. p. 118-124.

★ Sullivan KA. (1990). ''Daily Time Allocation among Adult and Immature Yellow-Eyed Juncos over the Breeding Season''. Animal Behaviour. vol '39', no 2. p. 380-387.

★ Sullivan KA, Cole J & Villalobos EM. (1989). ''INTRASPECIFIC NEST USURPATION BY A YELLOW-EYED JUNCO''. Wilson Bull. vol '101', no 4. p. 654-655.

★ Sullivan KA & Roper JJ. (1996). ''Impacts of predation on passerine post-fledging success''. In ''Wadsworth, K G [Editor], McCabe, R E [Editor] Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference:77-85, 1996''. Wildlife Management Institute {a}, Suite 725, 1101 14th Street N. W., Washington, DC 20005.

★ Sullivan KA & Weathers WW. (1992). ''BROOD SIZE AND THERMAL ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE FIELD METABOLISM OF NESTLING YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS''. Auk. vol '109', no 1. p. 112-118.

★ Trepte MJ. (1993). ''Juvenile sideneck turtles Podocnemis vogli feed on capybara faeces''. Salamandra. vol '29', no 2. p. 149-152.

★ Weathers WW & Sullivan KA. (1989). ''Juvenile Foraging Proficiency Parental Effort and Avian Reproductive Success''. Ecological Monographs. vol '59', no 3. p. 223-246.

★ Weathers WW & Sullivan KA. (1989). ''NEST ATTENTIVENESS AND EGG TEMPERATURE IN THE YELLOW-EYED JUNCO''. Condor. vol '91', no 3. p. 628-633.

★ Weathers WW & Sullivan KA. (1991). ''FORAGING EFFICIENCY OF PARENT JUNCOS AND THEIR YOUNG''. Condor. vol '93', no 2. p. 346-353.

★ Weathers WW & Sullivan KA. (1991). ''GROWTH AND ENERGETICS OF NESTLING YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS''. Condor. vol '93', no 1. p. 138-146.

★ Weathers WW & Sullivan KA. (1993). ''SEASONAL PATTERNS OF TIME AND ENERGY ALLOCATION BY BIRDS''. Physiol Zool. vol '66', no 4. p. 511-536.

★ Williams L & Macroberts MH. (1977). ''Individual Variation in Songs of Dark-Eyed Juncos''. Condor. vol '79', no 1. p. 106-112.