🦋 Family

Cardinalidae

36 species · Animals

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Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Cardinalidae

Pheucticus aureoventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The black-backed grosbeak is an Andean bird with distinct subspecies, living in dry open woodland and gardens.

Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827)

Pheucticus melanocephalus, the black-headed grosbeak, is a small migratory North American songbird with distinct male and female plumage.

Pheucticus chrysopeplus (Vigors, 1832)

Pheucticus chrysopeplus, the yellow grosbeak, is a medium-sized seed-eating bird ranging from Mexico to Guatemala.

Caryothraustes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Caryothraustes canadensis, the yellow-green grosbeak, is a Cardinalidae grosbeak found across parts of Central and South America.

Caryothraustes poliogaster (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)

Caryothraustes poliogaster, the black-faced grosbeak, is a Central American songbird with distinct plumage that breeds in lowland forest habitats.

Chlorothraupis carmioli (Lawrence, 1868)

Chlorothraupis carmioli, or Carmiol's tanager, is a 17 cm olive-green bird with defined diet and breeding habits.

Chlorothraupis stolzmanni (von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884)

Chlorothraupis stolzmanni, the ochre-breasted tanager, is a South American bird found in Andean moist forest at mid-elevation.

Spiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

Spiza americana, or dickcissel, is a North American migratory bird with distinct plumage patterns by sex and age.

Rhodothraupis celaeno (Deppe, 1830)

The crimson-collared grosbeak is a medium cardinalid bird found mainly in northeastern Mexico that occasionally strays to southern Texas.

Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Glaucous-blue grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea) is a small South American songbird with distinct plumage differences between males and females.

Cyanocompsa cyanoides (Lafresnaye, 1847)

Blue-black grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides) is a sexually dimorphic bird native to Central and South America that favors dense wooded habitats.

Cyanoloxia brissonii (Lichtenstein & Mhc, 1823)

Cyanoloxia brissonii, the ultramarine grosbeak, is a small territorial South American bird with plumage that varies by age and sex.

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