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Yellow-billed Cardinal

Paroaria capitata(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)

English (US) Yellow-billed Cardinal

The Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata) 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: central and eastern Bolivia and southwestern Brazil through northeastern Argentina and northwestern Uruguay; introduced Hawaiian IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Paroaria capitata
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Described by
(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Tachyphonus capitatus
Described by
(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
Type locality
Corrientes, Argentina.
Original description
Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2 p.29

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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