Baird's junco
Junco bairdi Ridgway, 1883
The baird's junco (Junco bairdi) is a species in the family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 20.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
Quick facts about the baird's junco
- Weight
- 20.4 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the baird's junco live?
Not recorded
What is the baird's junco?
Baird's junco (Junco bairdi) is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows. It is endemic to the forests in the higher elevations of the Sierra de la Laguna mountain range of the southern Baja California peninsula in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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Is the baird's junco endangered?
The baird's junco is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.
How is the baird's junco classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPasserellidae
- genusJunco
- SpeciesJunco bairdi Ridgway, 1883
Synonyms Junco caniceps bairdi, Junco cinereus bairdi, Junco phaenotus bairdi, Junco phaeonotus bairdi
Other names and names in other languages (21)
- Baja JuncoDanish
- Baja-juncoDanish
- BraunflankenammerGerman
- malsuprakalifornia pasereloEsperanto
- Junco SudcalifornianoSpanish
- Junco de Baja CaliforniaSpanish
- Junco de BairdFrench
- svjetlooki strnadarCroatian
- バハカリフォルニアユキヒメドリJapanese
- Bairds JuncoDutch
- pericújunkoNorwegian
- junko złotookiPolish
- junco-da-baixa-californiaPortuguese
- junco-da-baixa-califórniaPortuguese
- Дубовый юнкоRussian
- strnádlik BairdovSlovak
- Berdov junkoSerbian
- californiajuncoSwedish
- Baird JunkosuTurkish
- юнко жовтоокийUkrainian
- 淡墨西哥灯草鹀Chinese
Relatives of the baird's junco
Other species in the same genus Junco.
Dark-eyed junco
Junco hyemalis
Yellow-eyed junco
Junco phaeonotus
Volcano junco
Junco vulcani
Guadalupe junco
Junco insularis
CompareBaird's junco vs Dark-eyed juncoBaird's junco vs Yellow-eyed juncoBaird's junco vs Volcano juncoBaird's junco vs Guadalupe junco
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the baird's junco?
An adult baird's junco weighs 20.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the baird's junco endangered?
The baird's junco is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the baird's junco?
The baird's junco (Junco bairdi) belongs to the family Passerellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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