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  • Synonyms Slate-colored Junco, Point Pinos Junco, White-winged Junco, Baird's Junco, Carolina Junco, Pink-sided Junco, Dark-eyed Jonco, Montana Junco, Thurber's Junco, Ridgway's Junco, Grey-headed Junco, Slate colored Junco, Nevada Junco, Snowbird, Slate coloured Junco, Slate-coloured Junco, Red-backed Junco, Shufeldt's Junco, Laguna Hanson Junco, Guadalupe Junco, Oregon Junco, Gray-headed Junco, Townsend's Junco
  • Old latin name for bird Junco ridgwayi, Junco hemalis, Fringilla hyemalis

Dark-eyed Juncobird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Begging call, call, male, © Thomas G. Graves
    United States
  • 2.
    Male, song, © James Bradley
    Canada
  • 3.
    Song, © William Whitehead
    United States
  • 4.
    Song, © AUDEVARD Aurélien
    United States
  • 5.
    Song, © AUDEVARD Aurélien
    United States
  • 6.
    Call, © Jim Holmes
    United States
  • 7.
    Song, © Thomas G. Graves
    United States
  • 8.
    Song, © Sue Riffe
    United States
  • 9.
    Call, © Thomas G. Graves
    United States
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Dark-eyed Junco

  • Breeding region Middle America, North America
  • Breeding subregion n, w
  • Non breeding region s USA to Mexico

Dark-eyed Junco subspecies (15)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Junco hyemalis aikeniwc USA-No
Junco hyemalis canicepswc USA-No
Junco hyemalis carolinensisec USA-No
Junco hyemalis cismontanusinterior w Canada-No
Junco hyemalis dorsalisArizona, New Mexico and w Texas (sw USA)-No
Junco hyemalis hyemalisAlaska, n, c, e Canada and nc, ne USA-No
Junco hyemalis mearnsisw, sc Canada and nc USA-No
Junco hyemalis montanusinterior sw Canada and interior nw USA-No
Junco hyemalis mutabilisse California and s Nevada (sw USA)-No
Junco hyemalis oreganusse Alaska and wc British Columbia (w Canada)-No
Junco hyemalis pinosusc, s California (sw USA)-No
Junco hyemalis pontilisSierra Juárez (n Baja California in nw Mexico)-No
Junco hyemalis shufeldticoastal sw British Columbia (w Canada) and coastal nw USA-No
Junco hyemalis thurberis Oregon and nw California (w USA)-No
Junco hyemalis townsendiSierra San Pedro Mártir (n Baja California in nw Mexico)-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
BelarusianШэры юнка
BretonJunko glas-sklent
BulgarianСив юнко
Catalanjonc fosc
Chinese暗眼灯草鹀, 灰蓝灯草鹀
Chinese (Traditional)灰藍燈草鵐
CroatianTamnooki junko, sivoglavi strnadar
CzechStrnad zimní, strnadec zimní
DanishMørkøjet Junko, Mørkøjet Junco
DutchGrijze Junco
EsperantoVintroemberizo, Vintrojunkulo
Estonianvälusidrik
FaroeseVetrarspurvur
Finnishtummajunkko
FrenchJunco ardoisé, Junco à dos roux
FrisianGrize junko
GalicianXunco borrallento
GermanJunko, Winterammer
GreekΜολυβοτσίχλονο, Σταχτόσπιζα
Hebrewיונקו כהה-עין, יונקו
Hungarianfüstös junkó
IcelandicVetrartittlingur
IrishLuachairín Shúildubh, Gealóg gheimhridh
ItalianJunco occhiscuri, Zigolo ardesia
Japaneseユキヒメドリ
Latviantumšacu junko
LithuanianTamsiaakis junkas, pilkasis junkas
MacedonianТемноок јунко
ManxLeaghyreen lheeah
Northern SamiÁllatcihci
Norwegianvinterjunko
Norwegian NynorskVinterjunko
Polishjunko (zwyczajny), Junko zwyczajny, junko
PortugueseJunco(-ardoseiro), junco-d'olho-preto, Junco
RomanianJunco de ardesie
RussianТемноглазый юнко, Юнко, Юнко серый, Серый юнко
SerbianTamnooki junko
Slovakstrnádlik sivý, Strnádlik severský
Sloveniansivi junko
SpanishJunco Ojioscuro, Grijze Junco, Cingolo pizarroso, Junco pizarroso, Junco Ojo Oscuro
Swedishmörkögd junco, Snöfågel, Mörkögd junko
TurkishKara Gözlü Junko, Kara-gözlü Junko
Ukrainianюнко сірий
WelshJwnco penddu, Jynco Llygeitu, Junco llygeitu