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Cardinalidae
Male Northern Cardinal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Cardinalidae
Genera

Periporphyrus
Saltator
Caryothraustes
Parkerthraustes
Rhodothraupis
Cardinalis
Pheucticus
Cyanocompsa
Passerina
Spiza

The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds found in North and South America. The Northern Cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinalis) is a North American Bird in the Cardinal family. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. SongBird is a Dutch Record label owned by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink UserPolbot. --> Periporphyrus is a genus of Cardinal (bird in the Cardinalidae family Saltator is an American Genus of Songbird. They are traditionally placed in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae but UserPolbot. --> Caryothraustes is a genus of Cardinal (bird in the Cardinalidae family UserPolbot. --> The Yellow-Shouldered Grosbeak ( Parkerthraustes humeralis) is a species of Cardinal (bird The Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Rhodothraupis celaeno, is a medium-size Seed - and leaf-eating Bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal UserPolbot. --> Cardinalis is a genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae. Pheucticus is a genus of Grosbeaks Species Yellow Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysopeplus Golden-bellied UserPolbot. --> Cyanocompsa is a genus of Cardinal (bird in the Cardinalidae family The genus Passerina is a group of Birds in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae The Dickcissel, Spiza americana, is a small American seed-eating Bird in the family Cardinalidae. In Biological classification, family ( Latin Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae). A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Paroaria, the red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers (as they are not close to the Cardinalidae) are a Genus of Tanagers The tanagers are a family, Thraupidae, of birds in the order Passeriformes. The Emberizidae are a large family of Passerine Birds They are seed-eating Birds with a distinctively shaped bill

These are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored They are typically associated with open woodland. Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances; the family is named for the red plumage (like that of a Catholic cardinal's vestments) of males of the type species, the Northern Cardinal. Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering or Plumage, on Birds They are considered the most complex integumentary structures A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. In Taxonomy, a type species is the species that originally defined a genus. The Northern Cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinalis) is a North American Bird in the Cardinal family.


The "buntings" in this family are sometimes generically known as "tropical buntings" (though not all live in the tropics) or "North American buntings" (though there are other buntings in North America) to distinguish them from the true buntings. The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 Likewise the grosbeaks in this family are sometimes called "cardinal-grosbeaks" to distinguish them from other grosbeaks. Grosbeak is the name given to a Form taxon containing several Species of seed-eating Passerine birds with large Beaks Although they all The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole.

Contents

Species list in taxonomic order

Family: Cardinalidae

Other genera which may belong here:

Work in the process of publication (Klicka et al) proposes a redefined cardinal group consisting of five well-defined clades:

  1. a "masked" clade consisting of the genera Piranga, Cardinalis, Caryothraustes, Periporphyrus, and Rhodothraupis. UserPolbot. -->The Lemon-spectacled Tanager ( Chlorothraupis olivacea) is a species of Bird in the UserPolbot. -->The Ochre-breasted Tanager ( Chlorothraupis stolzmanni) is a species of Bird in the This article refers to the New World wood warbler family of birds the Parulidae UserPolbot. --> The Red-breasted Chat ( Granatellus venustus) is a species of Bird in the Parulidae UserPolbot. --> The Grey-throated Chat ( Granatellus sallaei) is a species of Bird in the Parulidae UserPolbot. -->The Rose-breasted Chat ( Granatellus pelzelni) is a species of Bird in the Parulidae
  2. a "blue" clade – Amaurospiza, Cyanocompsa, Cyanoloxia, Passerina, and Spiza.
  3. a clade containing Habia and Chlorothraupis.
  4. Granatellus.
  5. Pheucticus.

Other genera traditionally placed in this group (Porphyrospiza, Parkerthraustes, and Saltator) are shown by this study to have affinities with other groups.

Gallery

Female Northern Cardinal

Male Pyrrhuloxia

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Male Lazuli Bunting

Dickcissel

Male Summer Tanager

References

External links

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