The northern cardinal, known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis. 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. It is the state bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Image: Male northern cardinal in Central Park (52612)
Image: Northern cardinal female in CP (02035)
Newly hatched
At one week of age
Cardinalis is a genus of birds in the family Cardinalidae. There are three species ranging across the Great Lakes region to northern South America.
Image: Cardinalis sinuatus
Image: Pyrr juvenile
Image: Northern Cardinal (34121550154)
Image: Northen Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) RWD