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Birds

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Authorship: Linnaeus

Records

17 June 2011 at Rio Grande [The Box] by V. Mata-Silva (Photo).

Taxonomic Classification

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumChordata (Chordates)

SubphylumVERTEBRATA (Vertebrates)

ClassAves (Birds)

OrderPASSERIFORMES

FamilyCARDINALIDAE (Cardinal, Bunting, Dickcissel, Grosbeak, and Pyrrholoxia Family)

GenusCardinalis

Speciescardinalis

Recent Observations

Sourced from iNaturalist

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Conservation assessments from the following sources:

NatureServe Explorer
IUCN Red List
Texas Parks & Wildlife — Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)

Conservation status by source
IUCN Red List	LCLeast Concern
NatureServe Global (opens in new tab)	G5Secure
NatureServe (Texas) (opens in new tab)	S5BSecure
Texas SGCN	Not assessed