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Yellow-eyed junco

Junco phaeonotus Wagler, 1831

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The yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) is a species in the family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 20.4 g and live up to 6.6 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus)
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Quick facts about the yellow-eyed junco

Weight
20.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
6.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
7 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.75src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-eyed junco live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-eyed junco?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-eyed junco” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-eyed_junco&oldid=1354125265), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-eyed junco endangered?

The yellow-eyed junco is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-eyed junco classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPasserellidae
  6. genusJunco
  7. SpeciesJunco phaeonotus Wagler, 1831

Synonyms Fringilla cinerea, Junco cinereus

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Caster-of-fireEnglish
  • Lightning birdEnglish
  • Junco ullgrocCatalan
  • jonc d'ulls grocsCatalan
  • strnadec žlutookýCzech
  • jwnco MecsicoWelsh
  • Guløjet JuncoDanish
  • RotrückenammerGerman
  • Rotrücken-JunkoGerman
  • flavokula pasereloEsperanto
  • Junco ojilumbreSpanish
  • Junco ojo de lumbreSpanish
  • Junco Ojos de LumbreSpanish
  • meksikonjunkkoFinnish
  • Junco aux yeux jaunesFrench
  • žutooki strnadarCroatian
  • vöröshátú sármánypintyHungarian
  • Junco occhigialliItalian
  • メキシコユキヒメドリJapanese
  • geltonakis junkasLithuanian
  • dzeltenacu junkoLatvian
  • GeeloogjuncoDutch
  • guløyejunkoNorwegian
  • junko górskiPolish
  • junco-d'olho-amareloPortuguese
  • junco-de-olho-amareloPortuguese
  • Junco-de-olhos-amarelosPortuguese
  • Рыжеспинный юнкоRussian
  • strnádlik žltookýSlovak
  • Žutooki junkoSerbian
  • gulögd juncoSwedish
  • Meksika junkosuTurkish
  • Sarı Gözlü JunkoTurkish
  • юнко мексиканськийUkrainian
  • 白腹燈草鵐Chinese
  • 墨西哥灯草鹀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-eyed junco

Other species in the same genus Junco.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-eyed junco?

An adult yellow-eyed junco weighs 20.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-eyed junco endangered?

The yellow-eyed junco is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the yellow-eyed junco live?

The yellow-eyed junco has a recorded lifespan of 6.6 years.

What kind of animal is the yellow-eyed junco?

The yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) belongs to the family Passerellidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-eyed-junco

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_eyed_junco_2026,
  title = {Yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-eyed-junco},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}