Cardinalis

species of bird

Cardinalis is a genus of birds in the family Cardinalidae. There are three species ranging across North America to northern South America.

species of bird

The pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus) 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.