Listen to the dark-eyed junco
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About the dark-eyed junco
The dark-eyed junco is a bird in the family Passerellidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the dark-eyed junco sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song, call and begging call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
More from the family Passerellidae
White-crowned sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Rufous-collared sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
American tree sparrow
Spizelloides arborea
Savannah sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Fox sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Chipping sparrow
Spizella passerina
Eastern towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Lincoln's sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Tanager finch
Oreothraupis arremonops
Spotted towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Swamp sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
Frequently asked questions
What does a dark-eyed junco sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the dark-eyed junco on this page, including its song, call and begging call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the dark-eyed junco endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the dark-eyed junco as “least concern”.
What family does the dark-eyed junco belong to?
The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) belongs to the family Passerellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Lake of the Clouds, Porcupine Mountains SP, Ontonagon… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Begging call · Blue Bell Campground, Custer State Park, South Dakota… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Terra Nova (Village), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada by Doug Hynes – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q525818 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Dark-eyed junco – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Cephas – CC BY-SA 3.0