Humboldt Life

Family

Cardinalidae (Cardinals and allies)

Spiza americana

Spiza americana. Photo: (c) Dave Govoni, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Cardinals, in the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America. They are also known as cardinal-grosbeaks and cardinal-buntings. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in the Emberizidae).

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
        Family: Cardinalidae (Cardinals and allies)
        Genus: Passerina (North american buntings) (3)
        Genus: Spiza (Dickcissels) (1)
        Genus: Piranga (Piranga tanagers) (2)
        Genus: Pheucticus (Pheucticus grosbeaks) (2)

Subtaxa

Genus: Passerina (North american buntings)

Passerina

Genus: Spiza (Dickcissels)

Spiza

Genus: Piranga (Piranga tanagers)

Piranga

Genus: Pheucticus (Pheucticus grosbeaks)

Pheucticus

Where in Humboldt

Discussion

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT CARDINALIDAE, THE CARDINALS AND ALLIES