Pedro de Barrio Junco y Espriela was born in 1682, in Carranzo, Llanes (Asturias, Spain).
This junco breeds above the timberline, typically at altitudes above 3000m, but there is an isolated population at 2100 m on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, and forest clearance on Cerro de la Muerte has allowed this species to descend to 2600 m.