**Dark Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)**

Pictured is a mature female

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mature male

Junco, common name for three finch species that are adept at cracking open seeds.

Males are mantled with black or sooty gray "ponchos" and their undersides are sharply defined. White outer tail feathers usually show in flight. Their bills are pink and their eyes are brown. Females are similar, but they are sooty and their ponchos are not defined.

Found throughout the United States.