Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

The dark-eyed junco 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, and its systematics are still not completely resolved.

Scientific name

Junco hyemalis

Family

New World Sparrows

IUCN status

LC