dark-eyed junco

noun

: a common North American junco (Junco hyemalis)

Examples of dark-eyed junco in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On behalf of the little dark-eyed junco family, thank you for being so considerate. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Three common terns and a common loon at the Hobbs Brook Reservoir, a common loon at Flint’s Pond in Lincoln, and an out of season dark-eyed junco in Arlington. — Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023

This is actually the second dark-eyed junco nest in our yard this summer. — oregonlive, 2 July 2023

For example, the house finch almost always dominates the purple finch, and the purple finch almost always dominates the dark-eyed junco, but when house finch and junco face off directly, the junco often dominates. — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021

In North America, researchers found that the dark-eyed junco bird species also experienced an increase in bill size. — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2021

In North America, dark-eyed junco saw similar increases in bill size. — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above