Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

(Junco hyemalis [oreganus ssp. group])

Accepted:

7 Dec 2015 Reid SP, Sagadahoc Co. 2015-010 D. Lovitch, K. Lindquist


Unaccepted:

17-19 Oct 2018 Etna, Penobscot Co. 2018-039

5 Nov 2018 Etna, Penobscot Co. 2018-041


Not yet reviewed (pending historical records and unsubmitted reports):

15 May 2021 Monhegan I., Lincoln Co. L. Seitz et al.

2 Feb 2021 Cape Neddick, York Co. D. Losier

14 Apr 2014 Biddeford, York Co. L. Moser

30 May 2014 Seal I. NWR, Knox Co. E. Jenkins, J. Gulka

16 Jan-23 Mar 2013 Cumberland, Cumberland Co. R. Speirs

? to 15 Feb 2013 Dresden, Lincoln Co. ?; M. Viens

13–17 Jan 2012 Camden, Knox Co. G. Jenks; L. Bevier, D. Hitchcox

? to [5 Mar] 2012 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc Co. R. Robinson et al.

21 Jan 2002 Damariscotta, Lincoln Co. M. Libby

2 Jan 1997 Monhegan I., Lincoln Co. P. Vickery ("female")

26 Dec 1957 Cumberland Mills/Westbrook, Cumberland Co. (MFO 3:7)


[several reports of Oregon Junco not listed above]



Other subspecies reported but not yet evaluated:


(1) Reported as Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided, J. h. mearnsi)

These may actually refer to Oregon, or to a reddish-brown variant of Slate-colored, or a form of Slate-colored J. h. cismontanus. Confusion about identification contributes to this.


8 Nov 1988 S. Portland, Cumberland Co. K. Gammons AB 43:67

13 Mar 1995 Turner, Androscoggin Co. J. Despres

20 Jan 1998 Gilsland Farm, Cumberland Co. R. Duddy

week of 15 Oct 2001 Wilton, Franklin Co. J. Dwight

14 Jan-mid-Feb 2003 Bar Harbor, Hancock Co. W. Townsend



(2) Reported as Dark-eyed Junco (White-winged, J. h. aikeni)

This could be a variant Slate-colored but has not been evaluated


19 Apr 1997 Bar Harbor, Hancock Co. C. Witt


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MFO = Maine Field Observer