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The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis.It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
The pyrrhuloxia / ˌ p ɪr ə ˈ l ɒ k s i ə / [2] or desert cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus) is a medium-sized North American songbird found in the American southwest and northern Mexico. This distinctive species with a short, stout bill and red crest and wings, and closely resembles the northern cardinal and the vermilion cardinal , which are ...
Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds Cardinalis, genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, the common cardinal of eastern North America; Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal, Cardinalis sinuatus, found in southwest North America
Even with the name of Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, the beloved red bird is quintessentially a Southeastern native whose habitat now extends from Florida to southern Canada and west to ...
Northern cardinal Male Female Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Nineteen subspecies [4] C. c. cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) C. c. affinis Nelson, 1899;
Cardinalidae (sometimes referred to as the "cardinal-grosbeaks" or simply the "cardinals") is a family of New World-endemic passerine birds that consists of cardinals, grosbeaks, and buntings. It also includes several other genera such as the tanager-like Piranga and the warbler-like Granatellus .
The red-crested cardinal is a medium-sized species showing a red head, with a red bib and a short red crest that the bird raises when excited. Belly, breast and undertail are white, with a gray back, wings, and tail.
Six vermilion cardinal nests have been described, all from Margarita Island. They were open cups placed in cactus or a bush. The nesting season spanned June to early August. Four of the nests had three eggs and one had four. Only the female incubates the eggs and broods the nestlings but both sexes feed the young. [4]