Red-cowled cardinal

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Red-cowled cardinal

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Paroaria
Species:	P. dominicana
Binomial name
*Paroaria dominicana* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms
Loxia dominicana Linnaeus, 1758

The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae).

It is endemic to Brazil. It occurs in a wide range of dry to semi-humid open to semi-open habitats in north-eastern Brazil, especially the Caatinga region. It has been introduced (probably by means of escaped caged individuals) to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, being locally common even in urban areas.^[2]

Taxonomy

The red-cowled cardinal was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the crossbills in the genus Loxia and coined the binomial name Loxia dominica.^[3]^[4] The specific epithet alludes to the black and white habits of members of the Dominican Order.^[5] The red-cowled cardinal is now one of six species placed in the genus Paroaria that was introduced by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1832. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.^[6]

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Paroaria dominicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22721587A94716337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721587A94716337.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ José Felipe Monteiro Pereira, Aves e Pássaros Comuns do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Technical Books, 2008, ISBN 978-85-61368-00-5 , pg.138.
^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 172.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 213.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paroaria dominicana.

Red-cowled Cardinal videos on the Internet Bird Collection
Red-cowled Cardinal photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)

Taxon identifiers
Paroaria dominicana	Wikidata: Q2668576 Wikispecies: Paroaria dominicana ADW: Paroaria_dominicana Avibase: 37DD749C0F87C9D0 BirdLife: 22721587 BOLD: 111283 BOW: reccar2 CoL: 4DQDJ eBird: reccar2 EoL: 1050262 GBIF: 2492086 iNaturalist: 10253 IRMNG: 11071700 ITIS: 561843 IUCN: 22721587 NCBI: 116994 Neotropical: reccar2 Open Tree of Life: 80421 Xeno-canto: Paroaria-dominicana

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