Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinal
Cardinalis sinuatus
Photographed in the wild, Tucson, Arizona Mar 2010
The name "Pyrrhuloxia" is a
combination of the genus names Pyrrhula (bullfinches) and Loxia (crossbills). Also
known as the desert cardinal. The roots mean "flame-coloured" and
"crooked," and aptly describe the reddish bird with the crooked bill.
The Pyrrhuloxia lives in the
south-western United States and northern Mexico. A thick-billed, reddish bird
with a crest, it superficially resembles its close relative, the Northern
Cardinal.
Where both the Pyrrhuloxia and
Northern Cardinal breed, territories of the two species may overlap, and no
conflicts have been recorded between the species.
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