Junco vs. Snowbird — What's the Difference?

"Junco" is also a shrub in the genus Adolphia and the Spanish term for rushes (genus Juncus). A junco , genus Junco, is a small North American bird in the New World sparrow family Passerellidae.

Any of several birds, such as the junco and the snow bunting, common in snowy regions.

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.

(Slang) One who moves from a cold to a warm place in the winter.

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

A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.

(obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.

A bird seen primarily in the winter time.

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

The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).

Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.

(slang) A cocaine user.

An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn. Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.

Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter

White arctic bunting

Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter