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Yellow-billed Cardinal

Paroaria capitata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCup nestSmall · 22 g
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 1
Photo: Miguel A. Paixão · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 2
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 3
Photo: Matias Cabezas · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 4
Photo: Miguel A. Paixão · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 5
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 6
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 7
Photo: Craig K · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 8
Photo: Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 9
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata), photo 10
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

When to see the Yellow-billed 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 Yellow-billed Cardinal

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

United States Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Bolivia

About the Yellow-billed Cardinal

The yellow-billed cardinal is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae).

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis) 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 Cardinal (Paroaria dominicana) Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicanaThe red-cowled cardinal is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). Masked Cardinal (Paroaria nigrogenis) Masked CardinalParoaria nigrogenisThe masked cardinal is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae).

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