Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus] (Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus])

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Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus]

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

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 ID:
5185803C08176523

Avibase ID:
avibase-5185803C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5185803C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179125

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)
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English:
Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus]
French:
Cardinal rouge [cardinalis ou coccineus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis or coccineus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

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