Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

GUADALUPE JUNCO.

572. Junco insularis. 5½ inches.

One of the smallest of the family, and found locally only on the Guadalupe Islands off the lower California coast, where they nest commonly in the pine groves, among the needles on the ground, or frequently protected by some overhanging stone. Their nest and eggs are the same as the others. Eggs bluish white, with fine dots of brown about the larger end (.77 × .60).