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Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis]

Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis] (= Junco hyemalis) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The dark-eyed junco is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows. This bird is common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic. It is a very variable species, much like the related fox sparrow, and its systematics are still not completely untangled. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Passerellidae
Genus:
   Junco
Scientific:
  Junco hyemalis


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.183

Protonym:
  Fringilla hyemalis

Type locality:
  Virginia and Carolina in winter; restricted to South Carolina by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 345.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/202/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8EAB71EF9208DA60

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8EAB71EF

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8EAB71EF


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179410

Geographic range:

  • Junco hyemalis hyemalis: northern Alaska and Yukon to north-central USA; winters to northern Mexico
  • Junco hyemalis carolinensis: Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia
  • Junco hyemalis cismontanus: south-central Yukon to west-central Alberta; winters to northern Baja California and central Texas
  • Junco hyemalis oreganus: coastal southeastern Alaska to central British Columbia; winters to central California
  • Junco hyemalis montanus: interior British Columbia and southwestern Alberta to eastern Oregon, western Montana, and central Idaho
  • Junco hyemalis shufeldti: west slopes of coastal mountains from southwestern British Columbia to western Oregon
  • Junco hyemalis pinosus: coastal ranges of California (San Francisco to southern Monterey County)
  • Junco hyemalis pontilis: mountains of northern Baja California (Sierra Juárez)
  • Junco hyemalis townsendi: mountains of northern Baja California (San Pedro Mártir)
  • Junco hyemalis mearnsi: southeastern Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan to eastern Idaho, Montana, and northeastern Wyoming
  • Junco hyemalis aikeni: southeastern Montana to western South Dakota, northeastern Wyoming, and northwestern Nebraska
  • Junco hyemalis caniceps: western USA; breeds in mountains from southern Idaho eastward to Wyoming, southward to southeastern California, eastern Nevada, and northern Arizona and New Mexico; winters from Utah and Colorado southward to northern Mexico and eastward to southwestern Texas
  • Junco hyemalis dorsalis: mountains of New Mexico, northern Arizona, and far western Texas
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English:
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis]
French:
Junco ardoisé [excl. mutabilis]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis] ( Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis])
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]
Clements 6th edition:
Dark-eyed Junco ( Junco hyemalis) [version 4]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Junco [hyemalis, insularis, phaeonotus or bairdi]

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Catalan: jonc fosc
Czech: strnadec zimní
Welsh: Junco llygeitu
Danish: Mørkøjet Junco
German: Winterammer
English: Dark-eyed Junco, Dark-eyed Junco [excl. mutabilis]
Esperanto: Ardezkolora vintroemberizo
Spanish: Junco Pizarroso
Spanish (Spain): Junco Pizarroso
Spanish (Mexico): Junco ojo oscuro
Spanish (Panama): Junco Ojioscuro
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Junco Ojioscuro
Estonian: välusidrik
Finnish: tummajunkko
Faroese: Vetrarspurvur
French: Junco ardoisé, Junco ardoisé [excl. mutabilis]
Irish: Luachairín Shúildubh
Hebrew: יונקו
Croatian: Tamnooki junko
Hungarian: füstös junkó
Icelandic: Vetrartittlingur
Italian: Junco occhiscuri
Japanese (romaji): yukihimedori
Japanese: ユキヒメドリ
Scientific: Fringilla hyemalis, Junco hyemalis, Junco hyemalis [excl. mutabilis], Junco hyemalis hyemalis
Lithuanian: Pilkasis junkas
Latvian: tumšacu junko
Dutch: Grijze Junco
Norwegian: Vinterjunko
Polish: junko
Portuguese: Junco
Portuguese (Portugal): Junco
Russian: Юнко
Slovak: strnádlik sivý
Slovenian: sivi junko
Serbian: Tamnooki junko
Swedish: Mörkögd junco
Turkish: kara gÖzlü junko
Ukrainian: Юнко сірий
Chinese: 暗眼灯草鹀
Chinese (Traditional): 灰藍燈草鵐

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