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Typical Cardinals
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Typical Cardinals

Cardinalis

Cardinalis is a genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae. There are three species ranging across North America and into northern South America.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Northern Cardinal

speciesCardinalis cardinalis

Pyrrhuloxia

speciesCardinalis sinuatus

Vermilion Cardinal

speciesCardinalis phoeniceus

Northern Cardinal × Pyrrhuloxia

hybridCardinalis cardinalis × sinuatus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Typical Cardinals in Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.917

Typical Cardinals in Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.193

Typical Cardinals in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.929

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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 9080.