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Junco
Sign in to savethumb|A pink-sided dark-eyed junco in Elizabeth, Colorado
Species
Dark-eyed Junco
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPasserellidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 223
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Passerellidae
- Collections
- CUMV, USNM, ROM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
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thumb|A pink-sided dark-eyed junco in Elizabeth, Colorado
A junco (), genus Junco, is a small North American bird in the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. Junco systematics are still confusing after decades of research, with various authors accepting between three and twelve species. Despite having a name that appears to derive from the Spanish term for the plant genus Juncus (rushes), these birds are seldom found among rush plants, which prefer wet ground, while juncos prefer dry soil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Junco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.