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Related: About this forumMore help with identity.
Last edited Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:30 PM - Edit history (1)
My Audubon Field Guid has a lot of similar examples but all have some difference, color or such.
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Thanks all! I thought it might be a junko but wasn't sure.
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More help with identity. (Original Post)
AndyS
Jan 2023
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Walleye
(37,508 posts)1. Looks like some kind of junco, but not exactly
LakeArenal
(29,935 posts)2. Junco in my op.
Earl_from_PA
(164 posts)3. Dark-eyed jumco
I think...
Donkees
(32,609 posts)4. Might be White-winged Junco or Pink-sided Junco
The Pink-sided Junco might match that chunkier bill in your photo
3catwoman3
(26,097 posts)5. Certainly "junco-esque" IMO.
"My" backyard/patio juncos don't have as much white on the belly. They definitely have a light beak with a very pale pink undertone.
Donkees
(32,609 posts)6. Here is a photo of a Pink-sided Junco. It has the darker masking between the eyes and beak ...
![](https://www.birdsandblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-106914157.jpg)