Cardinals and Allies
Cardinalidae
Cardinals, in the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America. They are also known as cardinal-grosbeaks and cardinal-buntings. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in the Emberizidae).
15 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 52 known species
Typical Cardinals
genusCardinalis
North American Buntings
genusPasserina
Piranga Tanagers
genusPiranga
Pheucticus Grosbeaks
genusPheucticus
Dickcissels
genusSpiza
Driophlox Ant-Tanagers
genusDriophlox
Neotropical Blue Grosbeaks
genusCyanoloxia
Blue Buntings
genusCyanocompsa
Habia
genusHabia
Black-faced and Yellow-green Grosbeaks
genusCaryothraustes
Granatellus Chats
genusGranatellus
Red-and-black Grosbeaks
genusPeriporphyrus
Chlorothraupis Tanagers
genusChlorothraupis
Bamboo Seedeaters
genusAmaurospiza
Pheucticus × Piranga
genushybridPheucticus × Piranga
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71305.