junco

Any of various sparrows of the genus Junco of North and Central America, having predominantly gray plumage, a gray or black head, and white outer tail feathers.

A thorny shrub or small tree, Kœberlinia spinosa, of southwestern Texas and northern Mexico, with numerous almost leafless branches, the branchlets ending in spines.

A notable genus of the finch family, Fringillidæ; the North American snowbirds.

[lowercase] Any bird of this genus; a snowbird.

Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; — called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.

Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finch.

small North American finch seen chiefly in winter