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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.
Widespread and abundant, the cherry red birds called Cardinals can be spotted throughout the United States and as far north as southeastern Canada. They are often observed adding a touch of color ...
Banding studies show the cardinals can live up to 15 years in the wild. Until the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, cardinals were trapped and kept as cage birds for their color and song.
Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state's, district's or territory's government.. The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926.
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
The cardinals are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. Hepatic tanager, Piranga flava; Summer tanager, Piranga rubra; Scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea; Western tanager, Piranga ludoviciana; Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
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. Membership of this family is not easily defined ...
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.