Biology:Cardinalis

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Cardinalis is a genus of birds in the family Cardinalidae.[1][2] There are three species ranging across North America to northern South America.

Description

They are birds between 19 and 22 cm in length. Its most distinctive characteristics are the presence of a conspicuous crest and a thick and strong conical bill. There is sexual dimorphism;[3] males have a greater amount of red in their plumage, and females have only some tints, with a predominance of gray. Its striking red plumage is likened to a Catholic senior priest's garments, and their genus is named after the Latin word for them, cardinalis.[4] Immature individuals are similar to females.

Species

Genus Cardinalis – Bonaparte, 1838 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Northern cardinal


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Cardinalis cardinalis
(Linnaeus, 1758) 		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
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Pyrrhuloxia (a.k.a. Desert cardinal)


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Cardinalis sinuatus
Bonaparte, 1838 		U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas and woodland edges in Mexico
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Diet: 		 LC 


Vermilion cardinal


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Cardinalis phoeniceus
Bonaparte, 1838 		Colombia and Venezuela
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Phylogeny

Cladogram based on analysis by Tilston Smith and Klicka published in 2013.[5]

Cardinalis
 
 

C. phoeniceus

 
 
 
 

C.sinuatus

 
 

C.cardinalis

 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Cardinalis)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=56326&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock. 
  2. ↑ "Definition of CARDINALIS" (in en). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cardinalis. 
  3. ↑ "Rare half-male, half-female cardinal spotted in Pennsylvania" (in en). 2019-01-31. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/half-male-half-female-cardinal-pennsylvania. 
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, England: Christopher Helm. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 
  5. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Multilocus-species-tree-and-mtDNA-tree-for-Cardinalis-cardinalis-and-allies-Species-tree_fig2_235778391
  • Data related to Cardinalis at Wikispecies

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