Yellow Cardinal
Gubernatrix cristata(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Yellow Cardinal
The Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata) 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 Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: far southeastern Brazil and Uruguay to northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gubernatrix cristata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Yellow Cardinal
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coccothraustes cristata
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- lat. 29° S., Argentina; types from Corrientes, fide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 57.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 13 p.531
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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