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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.
United States from Maine to Texas and in Canada in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Its range extends west to the U.S.–Mexico border and south through Mexico to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, northern Guatemala, and northern Belize: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Pyrrhuloxia (desert cardinal) Male Female Cardinalis sinuatus
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 male Northern Cardinal is nearly all brilliant red except for a black mask which extends to a dark eye and surrounds the chin, throat, and its reddish bill. The female also has a similar mask ...
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“Cardinals build their nests right in the branches of trees and shrubs usually one to 15 feet off the ground. They will find a dense shrub or evergreen tree and weave their nest,” says Mizejewski.
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
Northern cardinal. Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae. The Cardinalidae are a family of robust seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. Eleven species have been recorded in Iowa. Summer tanager, Piranga rubra; Scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea