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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |||
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superbus | cardinalis (Common) | Extreme se California to Arizona, sw New Mexico and n Sonora | |
seftoni | cardinalis (Common) | Central Baja California (south to latitude 27°N) | |
igneus | cardinalis (Common) | S Baja California (north to latitude 27°N) | |
clintoni | cardinalis (Common) | Isla Cerralvo (Gulf of California) | |
townsendi | cardinalis (Common) | Isla Tiburón (Sea of Cortés) and adjacent coastal Sonora | |
affinis | cardinalis (Common) | W Mexico (se Sonora to sw Chihuahua and w Durango) | |
sinaloensis | cardinalis (Common) | Coastal w Mexico (Sinaloa and Jalisco) | |
mariae | cardinalis (Common) | Tres Marías Islands (off w Mexico) | |
cardinalis | cardinalis (Common) | E US | |
floridanus | cardinalis (Common) | SE Georgia and peninsular Florida | |
magnirostris | cardinalis (Common) | SE Texas and s Louisiana | |
canicaudus | cardinalis (Common) | W Oklahoma and w Texas to e-central Mexico | |
coccineus | cardinalis (Common) | E Mexico (e San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, ne Puebla and n Oaxaca) | |
littoralis | cardinalis (Common) | Lowlands of e Mexico (s Veracruz and Tabasco) | |
yucatanicus | cardinalis (Common) | SE Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) | |
flammiger | cardinalis (Common) | SE Mexico (s Quintana Roo), Belize and Petén of n Guatemala | |
saturatus | cardinalis (Common) | Cozumel I. (off Quintana Roo) | |
carneus | carneus (Long-crested) | Coastal w Mexico (Colima to Isthmus of Tehuantepec) | |
Endemic status | Not endemic | ||
Birds (media) | Yes | ||
Sound Guide | Sharp pink call. Song strophe going fast up and down, tjiuv tjiuv tjiuv tjiuv tjiuv tjiuv, can start with a melancholic djiioo. | ||
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