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Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The northern cardinal is a bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California, and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. It is also an introduced species in a few locations such as Bermuda and Hawaii. Its habitat includes woodlands, gardens, shrublands, and wetlands. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cardinalidae
Genus:
   Cardinalis
Scientific:
  Cardinalis cardinalis


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.172

Protonym:
  Loxia cardinalis

Type locality:
  northern America ; restricted to South Carolina by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 312.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/191/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4E74AE2276258520

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4E74AE22

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4E74AE22


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179124

Geographic range:

  • Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis: eastern USA
  • Cardinalis cardinalis floridanus: southeastern Georgia and peninsular Florida
  • Cardinalis cardinalis magnirostris: southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana
  • Cardinalis cardinalis canicaudus: western Oklahoma and western Texas to east-central Mexico
  • Cardinalis cardinalis coccineus: eastern Mexico (eastern San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, northeastern Puebla, and northern Oaxaca)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis littoralis: lowlands of eastern Mexico (southern Veracruz and Tabasco)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis saturatus: Cozumel (off Quintana Roo)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis [yucatanicus or phillipsi]: southeastern Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis flammiger: southeastern Mexico (southern Quintana Roo), Belize, and Petén of northern Guatemala
  • Cardinalis cardinalis igneus: southern Baja California (north to latitude 27°N)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis superbus: far southeastern California to Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora
  • Cardinalis cardinalis seftoni: central Baja California (south to latitude 27°N)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis clintoni: Isla Cerralvo (Gulf of California)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis townsendi: Isla Tiburón (Sea of Cortés) and adjacent coastal Sonora
  • Cardinalis cardinalis affinis: western Mexico (southeastern Sonora to southwestern Chihuahua and western Durango)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis sinaloensis: coastal western Mexico (Sinaloa and Jalisco)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis mariae: Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)
  • Cardinalis cardinalis carneus: coastal western Mexico (Colima to Isthmus of Tehuántepec)
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English:
Northern Cardinal
Catalan:
cardenal vermell
Czech:
kardinál červený
Danish:
Rød Kardinal
German:
Rotkardinal
Spanish:
Cardenal Norteño
Spanish (Spain):
Cardenal Norteño
Finnish:
punakardinaali
French:
Cardinal rouge
Croatian:
crveni kardinal
Hungarian:
kardinálispinty
Icelandic:
Kardínáli
Italian:
Cardinale settentrionale
Japanese (romaji):
shoujoukoukanchou
Japanese:
ショウジョウコウカンチョウ
Lithuanian:
Paprastasis kardinolas
Dutch:
Rode Kardinaal
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudkardinal
Norwegian:
Rødkardinal
Polish:
kardynał szkarłatny
Portuguese:
Cardeal-roxo
Portuguese (Portugal):
cardeal-nortenho
Russian:
Красный кардинал
Slovak:
kardinál červený
Serbian:
Crveni kardinal
Swedish:
röd kardinal
Ukrainian:
Кардинал червоний
Chinese:
主红雀
Chinese (Traditional):
主紅雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cardinal rouge ( Cardinalis cardinalis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cardinal rouge ( Cardinalis cardinalis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Azerbaijani: kardinal
Belarusian: Чырвоны кардынал
Bulgarian: Северният кардинал
Catalan: cardenal vermell
Czech: Kardinál cervený, kardinál červený
Welsh: Cardinal cyffredin
Danish: Rød Kardinal
German: Roter Kardinal, Rotkardinal
Greek: Καρδινάλιος
English: Arizona Cardinal, Black-capped Thrush, Cardinal, Cardinal grosbeak, Cardinal Redbird, Cardinalbird, Common Cardinal, Crested Redbird, Eastern Cardinal, Florida Cardinal, Gray-tailed Cardinal, Grey-tailed Cardinal, Kentucky Cardinal, Louisiana, Louisiana Cardinal, Northern Cardinal, Red Cardinal, San Lucas Cardinal, Santa Gertrudis Cardinal, Virginia Nightingale, Virginia redbird
English, HBW: Northern Cardinal
English (IOC): Northern Cardinal
English (United States): Northern Cardinal
Esperanto: Kardinalbirdo
Spanish: Cardenal común, Cardenal Norteño, Cardenal Rojo
Spanish (Spain): Cardenal Norteño
Spanish (HBW): Northern Cardinal
Spanish (Mexico): Cardenal común, Cardenal Norteño, cardenal rojo
Estonian: kardinal
Finnish: Punakardinaali
French: Cardinal de Virginie, Cardinal rouge
Frisian: Reade kardinaal
Irish: Cairdinéal tuaisceartach
Galician: Cardeal norteño
Manx: Cardinaal jiarg
Hebrew: קרדינל צפוני
Croatian: crveni kardinal
Hungarian: kardinálispinty
Icelandic: Kardináli, Kardínáli
Italian: Cardinale rosso, Cardinale settentrionale
Japanese (romaji): shoujoukoukanchou
Japanese: ショウジョウコウカンチョウ
Kazakh: кардинал, қызыл кардинал
Kirghiz: Виргиния кардиналы
Scientific: Cardinalis cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, Cardinalis virginianus, Loxia Cardinalis, Richmondena cardinalis
Lithuanian: Paprastasis kardinolas
Latvian: sarkanais kardināls
Macedonian: Црвено кардиналче
Mayan languages: chac dzidzib
Dutch: Rode Kardinaal
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudkardinal
Norwegian: Rødkardinal
Polish: kardynal szkarlatny, kardynał szkarłatny
Portuguese: Cardeal, Cardeal-roxo
Portuguese (Portugal): cardeal-nortenho
Rhaeto-Romance: Cardinal cotschen
Romanian: Pasărea-cardinal
Russian: виргинский кардинал, Виргинский красный кардинал, Кардинал, Красный кардинал, североамериканский кардинал
Slovak: Kardinál červený
Slovenian: Rdeči kardinal
Serbian: Crveni kardinal, Severni kardinal
Swedish: Röd kardinal
Turkish: Kardinal kuşu, Kırmızı Kardinal
Ukrainian: Кардинал червоний
Chinese: 主红雀
Chinese (Traditional): 主紅雀

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