Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] (Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])

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Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus]

Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] (= Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cardinalidae
Genus:
   Cardinalis
Scientific:
  Cardinalis 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:
F94E95401E2AB148

Avibase ID:
avibase-F94E9540

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F94E9540

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179125

English:
Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus]
French:
Cardinal rouge [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris ou canicaudus]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern Cardinal [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus] ( Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis, floridanus, magnirostris or canicaudus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis or coccineus]

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