Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Volcano Junco (Junco vulcani) - HBW 16, p. 541

French: Junco des volcans German: Streifenwinterammer Spanish: Junco de los Volcanes

Taxonomy: Zonotrichia vulcani Boucard, 1878, Volcán de Irazú, 10,000 feet [c. 3050 m], Costa Rica.
Molecular data point to close relationship between this genus and Zonotrichia. Recent molecular-genetic analyses indicate that present species is basal in genus, its closest relative being race alticola of J. phaeonotus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Volcanic summits in Costa Rica and W Panama (Volcán de Chiriquí).