Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 3 species of cardinal, spread across 2 families (Cardinalidae, Thraupidae).
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 3.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
1 species in this group is in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 11 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Heavily taken as a cage bird for its scarlet crest and its song.
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It is one of the traditional cage birds of the Southern Cone, and that demand sustains a considerable illegal trade: seizure operations in Argentina and Brazil recover hundreds of birds every year.
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There are established feral populations in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, descended from escapes and releases from the bird trade.
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Both sexes sing, which is unusual among temperate songbirds, where song was long thought to be almost entirely a male affair.
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It is the state bird of seven US states, more than any other species, and gives its name to sports teams, universities and brands across the country.
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The female sings as much as the male, which is uncommon among North American birds, and does so from the nest: she appears to be telling the male when to bring food.
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Its song is the cause of its decline: trapping for the illegal cage-bird trade has emptied whole populations of the Argentine espinal, and seizure operations recover hundreds of birds every year.
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It frequently hybridises with the common diuca finch in areas where pairs of its own species are scarce, a classic symptom of populations on the edge of collapse.
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