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Yellow-eyed Junco

Junco phaeonotus

Classification

Class
Aves

The yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from the southwestern United States to Guatemala. Taxonomy and systematics The yellow-eyed junco was formally described in 1831 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler from a specimen collected in Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 65,244Mexico · 23,426