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Yellow Cardinal

Gubernatrix cristata

EndangeredSeedsWoodlandCup nestSmall · 48 g
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 1
Photo: Tomás Tamagno · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 2
Photo: Tomás Tamagno · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 3
Photo: ferferrari · CC0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 4
Photo: ferferrari · CC0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 5
Photo: Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 6
Photo: Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 7
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 8
Photo: Ariadna Tripaldi · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 9
Photo: Gonzalo González Mora · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata), photo 10
Photo: Gonzalo González Mora · CC BY 4.0

About the Yellow Cardinal

The yellow cardinal is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of its genus, Gubernatrix.

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

Where the Yellow Cardinal lives

Regular rangeRare visitor
Argentina

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.

When to see the Yellow Cardinal

Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Inti TanagerHeliothraupis oneilliThis is a brightly colored bird with yellow plumage in both sexes, a black supercilium, and a salmon-colored bill. Black-and-tawny Seedeater (Sporophila nigrorufa) Black-and-tawny SeedeaterSporophila nigrorufaThe black-and-tawny seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Venezuelan FlowerpiercerDiglossa venezuelensisThe Venezuelan flowerpiercer is, on average, 12.7 cm (5.0 in) long.

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