Dark-eyed junco

Dark-eyed junco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Junco
Species:
J. hyemalis
Binomial name
Junco hyemalis
Approximate range in North America
  Breeding range
  Year-round range
  Wintering range
Synonyms
  • Fringilla hyemalis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Emeriza hyemalis Linnaeus, 1766
  • Junco aikeni Ridgway, 1873
  • Junco caniceps (Woodhouse, 1853)
  • Junco dorsalis Henry, 1858
  • Junco insularis Ridgway, 1876
  • Junco oreganus Townsend, 1837)

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The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows. The species is common across much of temperate North America and in summer it ranges far into the Arctic. It is a variable species, much like the related fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca), and its systematics are still not completely resolved.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2021). "Junco hyemalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22721097A138466281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22721097A138466281.en. Retrieved 3 July 2024.