Dark-Eyed Junco

• Scientific Name: Junco Hyemalis
• Common Name: Dark-Eyed Junco
• Diet: seeds
• Color: gray
• Size: 6.25 inches
• Active Period: Winter
• Habitat: town
• Field Identification: dark head, neck;reddish brown back and sides, dark eye
• Nest: cup on ground
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Junco
• Family: Emberizidae (sparrows)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: hyemalis