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The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) is a species of junco, a group of small, ... (Setophaga caerulescens) which is a member of the New World warbler family. [15]
A pink-sided dark-eyed junco in Elizabeth, Colorado. A junco (/ ˈ dʒ ʌ ŋ k oʊ /), 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.
The dark-eyed junco doesn’t look the same in Colorado as it does in Oregon. “Everyone has a different flavor of junco they can see,” Rosenberg said. The species' appearance is among the most ...
The Guadalupe junco (Junco insularis) is a small bird in the New World sparrow family that is endemic to Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Baja California, Mexico. Many taxonomic authorities classified it in 2008 as a subspecies of the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis). [2] [3] In 2016, it was re-classified as a full species. [4]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Passerellidae. A dark-eyed junco. Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns.
Description: Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis); this dark-eyed junco fledgling left its nest only days earlier. Erik Hendrickson found it begging for food from its parents at Tower Junction, Yellowstone National Park, on June 29, 2005. Creator: Erik Hendrickson
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.