2016 Bonanza Bird #9: Red-crested Cardinal

December 3, 2016 in Birdorable Bonanza 2016 and Cardinals with 5 comments

Today's new bird, the 9th in our special 10th anniversary Birdorable Bonanza, is a bird found in South America as well as Hawaii and Puerto Rico: the Red-crested Cardinal!

Red-crested Cardinals are pretty birds native to south-central parts of South America. Because of their beauty, Red-crested Cardinals have been kept as pet birds and escaped birds have created wild populations elsewhere in the world, including Hawaii (primarily Oahu), Puerto Rico, Tawain, and Japan.

Red-crested Cardinals are named for their striking red crested heads. The red feathers extend down the front bib of the bird. The underparts are white and the upperparts are dark grey.

Photo by Murray Foubister (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Tomorrow's new bird will be our last new species in this year's Birdorable Bonanza! The purple species has big feet that it uses to walk across floating vegetation -- can you guess the bird?

Comments

Josh on December 3, 2016 at 1:56 PM wrote:

Purple Gallinule?

yotaDcool Superbird on December 7, 2016 at 4:07 AM wrote:

awsome yo,Pedro from RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Spurwing Plover on December 10, 2016 at 5:06 PM wrote:

Pedro in the movie RIO was a red created cardinal

Bird king on October 3, 2017 at 2:16 PM wrote:

🏋️‍♀️🐓🦃🕊🦉🦅🦆🐥🐔🐧🐦🐤🐣

Spurwing Plover on January 11, 2018 at 6:48 AM wrote:

I understand these birds along with canaries can be found in Hawaii

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