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title: "Yellow-eyed Junco"
description: "Junco phaeonotus — Birds. The yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-eyed-junco
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-eyed Junco

> Junco phaeonotus — Birds. The yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows.

- Scientific name: *Junco phaeonotus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8952
- Wikidata: [Q2669127](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669127)
- iNaturalist taxon: [564898](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/564898)

## Names

- en: Yellow-eyed Junco
- de: Rotrückenammer
- es: Junco Ojos de Lumbre
- fr: Junco aux yeux jaunes
- nl: Geeloogjunco
- pl: Junko górski

## Countries with the most observations

MX (5411), US (3070), GT (102)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-eyed_junco

## Photo

![Yellow-eyed Junco](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-eyed-junco/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193319301

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-eyed-junco?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).