Dark-eyed Junco

Where to see

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Yosemite National Park leads · 29 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Dark-eyed Junco during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~80%
2 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~80%
3 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~80%
4 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~70%
5 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
6 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~70%
7 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
8 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~60%
9 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
10 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
11 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
12 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
13 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
14 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
15 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
16 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
~40%
17 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~40%
18 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
19 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
20 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
21 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~30%
22 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
23 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
24 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
25 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Dark-eyed Junco?

Yosemite National Park

In Yosemite National Park, United States, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-eyed Junco sighting on a given day, the highest of the 29 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Dark-eyed Junco?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are June and July in Yosemite National Park (about 90%), May–June and August–September in Denali National Park (about 80%) and October in Kluane National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Dark-eyed Junco on a given day. Each park's Dark-eyed Junco page has the full month-by-month chart.