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Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis [Linnaeus, 1758]


	Order: Passeriformes	Family: Emberizidae
	BTO Codes: JU , DAEJU	EURING No: 18420
	Number in Britain: 1 record/year
	Conservation Status:
	UK: Unlisted
	European: Not evaluated
	Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A) Accidental
Subspecies: hyemalis recorded in Britain (of 16 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 14 cm	Wingspan: 24 cm	Weight: M/F: 21 g

Scientific name from:	L.: iuncus=reed and L.: hiemalis=wintry (from hiemis=winter)
World Distribution:	n&e North America

Habitat:	Open woodland, scrub, bogs
Diet:	Seeds and arthropods
TitBit:	Resident Juncos are the "snowbirds" of the eastern United States, they appear in all but the most northern states only in the winter, and then retreat each spring.


Records and Distribution

First Record: Kent, 1960
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 24	Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: April/May

Most Recent County Records:
Scotland: Clyde (1992), Highland (2000), Shetland (2003),
North-east England: South Yorkshire (1977),
North-west England: Cheshire (1998), Lancashire (1996),
English Midlands: No Records
Eastern England: No Records
South-east England: Hampshire (1996), Isle of Wight (1989), Kent (1960), East Sussex (1972),
South-west England: Cornwall (1983), Dorset (1993), Gloucestershire (1975), Somerset (1983),
Wales: Gwynedd (1975),


Other Names
Slate-coloured Junco


Gaelic:	Welsh: Jynco Llygeitu
Danish: Vinterfinke	Dutch: Grijze Junco
Finnish: Tummajinkko	French: Junco ardroisé
German: Junjo	Hungarian: Fehérhasú junkó
Icelandic: Vetrartittlingur	Irish: Luachairín Shúildubh
Italian: Zigolo ardesia	Norwegian: Vinterjunko
Polish: Junko zwyczajny	Portuguese: Junco-ardoseiro
Spanish: Cingolo pizarroso	Swedish: Snöfågel

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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter

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