Yellow-eyed Junco

The yellow-eyed junco is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long. Subspecies J. p. palliatus weigh 18 to 22 g (0.63 to 0.78 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic but not dramatically so. Adult males of the nominate subspecies J. p. phaeonotus have a mostly medium gray head with black lores, a black "mask" around the eye, and a paler gray chin and throat with an olive tinge. Their upper back is the same medium gray as their head, their lower back and scapulars are rufous, and their rump and uppertail coverts are olive-gray. Voice: Only male yellow-eyed juncos sing, with some variation by each individual. Their song typically has two or three parts with trills, and has been written as "a musical chip-chip-chip wheedle, wheedle che che che che che".