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Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Emberizidae
BTO Codes:
JU, DAEJU
EURING No:
18420
Number in Britain:
0 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Not Assessed
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 (1950-2007):
24
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
April/May
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Clyde
(1992),
Highland
(2007),
Outer Hebrides
(2007),
Orkney
(2007),
Shetland
(2003),
North-east England:
North-west England:
English Midlands:
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2007),
Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(1975),
BirdGuides and BBRC
Other Names
Slate-coloured Junco
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Jynco Llygeitu
Danish:
Mørkøjet Junko
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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Books and Monographs:
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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