Cardinal (bird)

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Cardinalidae | image = red_cardinal_bird.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Male Northern Cardinal | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Cardinalidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Periporphyrus
Saltator
Caryothraustes
Parkerthraustes
Rhodothraupis
Cardinalis
Pheucticus
Cyanocompsa
Guiraca
Passerina
Spiza }}

The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds living in North and South America.

These are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages; the family is named for the red colour (like that of a Catholic cardinal's vestments) of males of the type species, the Northern Cardinal.

The "buntings" in this family are sometimes generically known as "tropical buntings" (though not all live in the tropics) or "North American buntings" (though there are other buntings in North America) to distinguish them from the true buntings. Likewise the grosbeaks in this family are sometimes called "cardinal-grosbeaks" to distinguish them from other grosbeaks. The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole.

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Species list

Family: Cardinalidae

Genus Periporphyrus
- Red-and-black Grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas
Genus Saltator, the saltators
- Lesser Antillean Saltator, Saltator albicollis
- Streaked Saltator, Saltator striatipectus
- Grayish Saltator, Saltator coerulescens
- Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus
- Black-headed Saltator, Saltator atriceps
- Slate-colored Grosbeak, Saltator grossus
- Black-throated Grosbeak, Saltator fuliginosus
- Black-winged Saltator, Saltator atripennis
- Green-winged Saltator, Saltator similis
- Orinocan Saltator, Saltator orenocensis
- Black-cowled Saltator, Saltator nigriceps
- Golden-billed Saltator, Saltator aurantiirostris
- Thick-billed Saltator, Saltator maxillosus
- Masked Saltator, Saltator cinctus
- Black-throated Saltator, Saltator atricollis
- Rufous-bellied Saltator, Saltator rufiventris
Genus Caryothraustes
- Black-faced Grosbeak, Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Yellow-green Grosbeak, Caryothraustes canadensis
Genus Parkerthraustes
- Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak, Parkerthraustes humeralis
Genus Rhodothraupis
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Rhodothraupis celaeno
Genus Cardinalis
- Vermilion Cardinal, Cardinalis phoeniceus
- Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
- Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus
Genus Pheucticus
- Yellow Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Golden-bellied Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Black-thighed Grosbeak, Pheucticus tibialis
- Black-backed Grosbeak, Pheucticus aureoventris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus
Genus Cyanocompsa
- Ultramarine Grosbeak, Cyanocompsa brissonii
- Blue Bunting, Cyanocompsa parellina
- Blue-black Grosbeak, Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Genus Cyanoloxia
- Glaucous-blue Grosbeak, Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
Genus Guiraca
- Blue Grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea
Genus Passerina, North American buntings
- Lazuli Bunting, Passerina amoena
- Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea
- Varied Bunting, Passerina versicolor
- Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris
- Rose-bellied Bunting, Passerina rositae
- Orange-breasted Bunting, Passerina leclancherii
Genus Porphyrospiza
- Yellow-billed Blue Finch, Porphyrospiza caerulescens
Genus Spiza
- Dickcissel, Spiza americana