Guadalupe Junco

About the Guadalupe Junco

The Guadalupe junco is a small bird in the New World sparrow family that is endemic to Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Baja California, Mexico. Many taxonomic authorities classified it in 2008 as a subspecies of the dark-eyed junco. In 2016, it was re-classified as a full species.

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Where the Guadalupe Junco lives

When to see the Guadalupe Junco

Peak activity in January · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Baird's JuncoJunco bairdiBaird's junco is approximately average-sized for a New World sparrow, with males being (on average) larger than females and most individuals being approximately 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length with a mass of approximately 18 grams (0.63 oz). Volcano JuncoJunco vulcaniThe volcano junco is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz). Yellow-eyed JuncoJunco phaeonotusThe yellow-eyed junco is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long.