Red-headed Cardinals
Paroaria
Paroaria, the red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers (as they are not close to the Cardinalidae), are a genus of tanagers. They were until recently placed in the family Emberizidae.
Five or six species are placed here. They are all very similar-looking birds, with heads resembling that of a northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis, a true member of the Cardinalidae), though they are somewhat more slender (in particular their rather tanager-like bill).
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Red-crested Cardinal
speciesParoaria coronata
Yellow-billed Cardinal
speciesParoaria capitata
Red-cowled Cardinal
speciesParoaria dominicana
Red-capped Cardinal
speciesParoaria gularis
Masked Cardinal
speciesParoaria nigrogenis
Crimson-fronted Cardinal
speciesParoaria baeri
Red-crested × Red-capped Cardinal
hybridParoaria coronata × gularis
Red-crested × Red-cowled Cardinal
hybridParoaria coronata × dominicana
Paroaria baeri × gularis
hybridParoaria baeri × gularis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 10252.