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Dark-eyed junco
Junco hyemalis · Family Passerellidae
Junco hyemalis
Family Passerellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 14,869,662
- Countries and territories with records
- 26
About this species
This species has 14,869,662 occurrence records from 26 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (81.5%) and Canada (18.5%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Junco hyemalis combines the genus name Junco with the species epithet hyemalis. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Junco; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Junco phaeonotus, Junco vulcani and Junco bairdi.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Passerellidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Melospiza melodia. Its record count is 18.3 times the family average (810,852). The family Passerellidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.