[RED-CRESTED CARDINAL]

Paroaria coronata

Status:  No accepted records.

Taxonomy:  No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022).

Comments:  One reported at a feeder in Lincoln, Lancaster Co Sep 1972 through 30 Apr 1973 was determined to be an escapee from the Lincoln Zoo (Bennett 1973).

This South American species is established in Hawaii (AOU 1983); its native range is from Bolivia and southwest Brazil to central Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil.

Literature Cited

American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU]. 1983. The AOU Check-list of North American birds, 6th ed. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

Bennett, E.V. 1973. Red-Crested Cardinal. NBR 41: 43-44.

Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2.  http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen.  2024.  Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

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Updated 17 Jan 2024