[Tweeters] Dark-eyed Junco with white wing bars

[Steve Hampton]

White-winged Junco would be extraordinary-- and could really only be
confirmed with a look at the tail pattern, as it has more white than other
junco forms. Given that the pattern of white on this bird is wrong for
White-winged Junco, I suspect it's an aberrant Slate-colored Junco.



On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 6:48 PM Philip Dickinson <pdickins at gmail.com> wrote:


> This is one source that I checked;

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_junco

>

> Phil Dickinson

>

> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 6:33 PM Robert O'Brien <baro at pdx.edu> wrote:

>

>> Actually it seems more likely to be The White Winged junco subspecies of

>> Dark-eyed junco. This was once considered a separate species but now has

>> been lumped with all the rest of them. It ranges from the Black Hills of

>> South Dakota down into Eastern Colorado and Wyoming. Males are pretty

>> non-migratory and this looks like a male. Note the darkness around the eye

>> I don't believe slate'colored junco shows that. Now this has far more white

>> than even a white winged junco, which typically shows 2 white wing bars of

>> varying intensity. Here they seem to be joined together to form a single

>> wide wing bar. That's not normal.

>> White-winged juncos are very rare on the West Coast. I know if only one

>> record for Oregon many many years ago. Don't know if there are any for

>> Washington state. Bob O'Brien Portland

>>

>>

>> On Monday, October 11, 2021, Philip Dickinson <pdickins at gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Looks like a slate-colored junco, and these occasionally have bold white

>>> wing bars

>>>

>>> Phil Dickinson

>>>

>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>>

>>> On Oct 11, 2021, at 5:37 PM, Jeannine Carter <jnine28 at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>

>>> 

>>> Hi Tweeters,

>>>

>>> I was sitting at my kitchen table where I watch the birds in our

>>> backyard, and this junco immediately caught my eye with its white wing

>>> bars. I'm in NW Seattle, and have a ton of Juncos year-round.

>>>

>>> I'm quite unsure whom I have visiting my yard. Can anyone help me with

>>> this ID?

>>>

>>> Here is the video I took of it at 5pm this evening, so I apologize for

>>> the lighting:

>>> https://youtu.be/9t7t2jWTMhk

>>>

>>> Thanks!

>>> Jeannine Carter

>>> NW Seattle

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Steve Hampton
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