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
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 ID:
8EAB71EF9208DA60
Avibase ID:
avibase-8EAB71EF
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8EAB71EF
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179410
Geographic range:
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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