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title: "Dark-eyed Junco"
description: "Junco hyemalis — Birds. The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dark-eyed-junco
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark-eyed Junco

> Junco hyemalis — Birds. The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows.

- Scientific name: *Junco hyemalis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 250708
- Wikidata: [Q525818](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525818)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10094)

## Names

- en: Dark-eyed Junco
- de: Winterammer
- es: Junco Ojos Negros
- fr: Junco ardoisé
- pt: Junco
- pl: Junko zwyczajny

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-eyed_junco

## Photo

![Dark-eyed Junco](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-eyed-junco/medium.jpg)

Photo: Schyler Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102901486

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-eyed-junco?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).