Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
The pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal is a medium-sized North American songbird found in the American southwest and northern Mexico. This distinctive species with a short, stout bill, red crest, and red wings closely resembles the northern cardinal and the vermilion cardinal, which are in the same genus.
- Scientific name
- Cardinalis sinuatus
- Family
- Cardinals and Allies
- IUCN status
- LC