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What the Red-crested Cardinal sounds like
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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. Juveniles are similar to the adults, but they show a dull brownish orange head and bib. This species is very similar to a close relative, the red-cowled cardinal (P. dominicana). It is also similar to the yellow-billed cardinal (P.
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When to see the Red-crested Cardinal
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-crested Cardinal
The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-crested Cardinal
The red-crested cardinal is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Notwithstanding its similar name, this bird is not closely related to the true cardinal family Cardinalidae. It is sometimes known as the Brazilian cardinal.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-billed CardinalParoaria capitataThe yellow-billed cardinal is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae).
Red-capped CardinalParoaria gularisThe adult red-capped cardinal is 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long and weighs about 22 g (0.78 oz).
Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicanaThe red-cowled cardinal is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae).
Side by side: Red-capped Cardinal vs Red-crested Cardinal
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