[RED-CRESTED CARDINAL]

Paroaria coronata

Status:  No accepted records.

Taxonomy:  No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025).

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.

AviList Core Team, 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025.

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

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen.  2025.  Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Birds of Nebraska – Online

Updated 24 Jul 2025