NORTHWESTERN OREGON JXJNCO 1079 



Pink-sided Oregon juncos are found associating in winter flocks 

 with gray-headed juncos, white-winged juncos, and other Oregon 

 junco races, principally montanus. 



Distribution 



Range. — Southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan 

 south to northern Sonora, central Chihuahua, and western Texas. 



Breeding range. — The pink-sided Oregon junco breeds from south- 

 eastern Alberta (Eagle Butte) and southwestern Saskatchewan 

 (Cypress Hills) south through central Montana (west to Belt River 

 Canyon and Madison County, east to Big Horn Mountains), east- 

 ern Idaho (head of Pahsimeroi River, 20 miles northeast of Preston) 

 and northwestern Wyoming (Teton and Wind River mountains). 

 (Hybridization with J. c. caniceps occurs to southward in southern 

 Idaho (Cassia County; Swan Lake), northern Utah (to Summit 

 County and Uinta Mountains), and southern Wyoming (Rattlesnake 

 and Casper mountains).) 



Winter range. — Winters from northern Utah (Salt Lake Valley), 

 northeastern Wj^oming (Newcastle), and western and central 

 Nebraska (Crawford, Johnstown, Red Cloud) south to northern 

 Sonora (Sierra Carrizal), central Chihuahua (BustUlos), and western 

 Texas (Hemphill and Brewster counties) ; casually west to southern 

 California (Potholes, Ramona) and east to eastern Nebraska (Omaha). 



JUNCO OREGANUS OREGANUS (Townsend) 



Northwestern Oregon Junco 



PLATE 59 

 Contributed by James H. Phelps, Jr. 



Habits 



This race breeds in the coastal islands and adjacent mainland 

 of southeastern Alaska and British Columbia south to Princess 

 Royal Island and Calvert Island. It is truly a coastal bird, and the 

 pure form does not appear to go inland beyond the tidal inlets and 

 lower river valleys. A number of other species have developed local 

 races in this region of dense forest and heavy rainfall, with attendant 

 pecularities in their life histories. 



As the nominate race Townsend (1837) described originally, 

 oreganus might be kno\\Ti as the Oregon junco, but Grinnell and 

 Miller (1944) use the name northwestern Oregon junco. Theed 

 Pearse of Vancouver Island (pers. comm.) who courteously allowed 



