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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Described by
- (Miller, JF, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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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