Bird name:

Red-crested Cardinal

Paroaria coronata

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Code 4

RCCA

Code 6

PARCOR

ITIS

179554

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Forests, Urban

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Common to locally abundant

Egg Color:

Green-white mottled and streaked with gray and brown-olive

Number of Eggs:

2 - 4

Incubation Days:

10 - 13

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Twigs and grasses

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Red-crested Cardinal: Native to South America. In Hawaii commonly found on lawns and in parks.Bright red head, crest, face, chin and upperbreast. Upperparts are gray with an incomplete white collar that nearly meets at the back of the neck. Underparts are white. Bill is light gray. Sexes similar. Juvenile resembles adult, has brown head, crest, and upperbreast. Bill is dark gray.

Range and Habitat

Red-crested Cardinal: Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands around 1930. Prefers parks, lawns and dry thickets in Hawaii, in its native South America found in subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and degraded forests.

Breeding and Nesting

Red-crested Cardinal: Two to four green-white eggs, mottled and streaked with gray and brown-olive, are laid in a woven cup-shaped nest. Incubation takes 10 to 13 days and is primarily carried out by the female. Chicks fledge 14 to 18 days after hatching.

Foraging and Feeding

Red-crested Cardinal: Forages on the ground and in shubbery. Feeds primarily on seeds, also eats insects, plant matter, and fruit.

Readily Eats

Fruit, Seeds

Vocalization

Red-crested Cardinal: Both sexes sing "wheet-cheer-up", song is a series of whistles that alternate up and down, more melodious and quieter than a Northern Cardinal. Call is a soft, squeaky note.

Similar Species

Red-crested Cardinal: Yellow-billed Cardinal has no crest, upperparts are black, and has a black chin and throat.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Chin

The area of the face just below the bill.

Collar

Similar to the upper part of the human neck, located at the back of the crown.

Crest

Tufts of feathers on the head of the bird.

Face

The front part of the head consisting of the bill, eyes, cheeks and chin.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America