Vermilion Cardinal
Cardinalis phoeniceusBonaparte, CLJL, 1838
English (US) Vermilion Cardinal
The Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Caribbean littoral of northeastern Colombia and northern Venezuela including Isla MargaritaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cardinalis phoeniceus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vermilion Cardinal
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1838
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1838
- Type locality
- 'the country south of the Bay of Honduras' (error); type from Venezuela, fide Hartert, 1919, Novit. Zool, 26, p. 155.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.5, no.59 p.111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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