Birds Guide

Cardinalidae
Male Northern Cardinal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cardinalidae
Genera
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.

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-uuu, 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 Passerina, North American buntings
  • Blue Grosbeak, Passerina caerulea
    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

• Look it up on Wikispecies.

External links

• Buntings, Saltators and Cardinals—page of photographs.
• Cardinalidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection