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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. Wing coverts are gray, but the primaries, secondaries, and rectrices show a darker gray.
The genus Paroaria was introduced in 1832 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the red-crested cardinal as the type species. [2] [3] The name is from Tiéguacú paroára, a name for a small yellow, red and grey bird in the extinct Tupi language.
Red-crested cardinal: Paroaria coronata (Miller, JF, 1776) 330 Red-cowled cardinal: Paroaria dominicana (Linnaeus, 1758) 331 Crimson-fronted cardinal: Paroaria baeri Hellmayr, 1907: 332 Yellow-billed cardinal: Paroaria capitata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) 333 Masked cardinal: Paroaria nigrogenis (Lafresnaye, 1846) 334 Red-capped cardinal
Cardinal bird. Widespread and abundant, the cherry red birds called Cardinals can be spotted throughout the United States and as far north as southeastern Canada.
Red-crested cardinal – Paroaria coronata; Red-cowled cardinal – Paroaria dominicana; Red-capped cardinal – Paroaria gularis; Masked cardinal – Paroaria nigrogenis; Crimson-fronted cardinal – Paroaria baeri; Yellow-billed cardinal – Paroaria capitata; Ixothraupis Bonaparte, 1851: Dotted tanager – Ixothraupis varia
Red-tailed hawk, commonly known as guaraguao in Puerto Rico. Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae. Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen ...
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.
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 .