Dark-eyed junco

Dark-eyed junco
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Junco
Species:	J. hyemalis
Binomial name
	Junco hyemalis; (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Approximate range in North America Breeding range Year-round range Wintering range
Synonyms
	Fringilla hyemalis Linnaeus, 1758; Emeriza hyemalis Linnaeus, 1766; Junco aikeni Ridgway, 1873; Junco caniceps (Woodhouse, 1853); Junco dorsalis Henry, 1858; Junco insularis Ridgway, 1876; Junco oreganus Townsend, 1837); (but see text)

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.

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