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Red-crested Cardinal

Paroaria coronata(Miller, JF, 1776)

English (US) Red-crested Cardinal

The Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata) 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: Bolivia to central Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and far southeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Paroaria coronata
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red-crested Cardinal
Described by
(Miller, JF, 1776)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Loxia coronata
Described by
(Miller, JF, 1776)
Type locality
no type locality [reference not verified] ; Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, designated by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brasil (Publ. Dept. Zool., Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 602.
Original description
Icones Animalium: Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals and many curious plants, with the parts of fructification of each plant, all of which are drawn and coloured from nature pt1 pl.2

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

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