Pyrrhuloxia

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