Red-crested Cardinal

Taxobox
name = Red-crested Cardinal

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image_caption = Oahu, Hawaii.
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Thraupidae
genus = "Paroaria"
species = "P. coronata"
binomial = "Paroaria coronata"
binomial_authority = (Miller, 1776)
synonyms = The Red-crested Cardinal ("Paroaria coronata") is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It was formerly placed in the Emberizidae and is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae).

It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is found in southern regions of the pantanal. It has also been introduced to Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/53630/all Paroaria coronata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=9512 Red-crested Cardinal videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/20219400.htm Stamps] (for Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay) with RangeMap
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=red-crested+cardinal&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Red-crested Cardinal photo gallery] VIREO