Red-cowled cardinal

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Red-cowled cardinal
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Paroaria
Species:
P. dominicana
Binomial name
Paroaria dominicana
Paroaria dominicana map.svg
Synonyms

Loxia dominicanaLinnaeus, 1758

The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae).

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It is endemic to Brazil. It occurs in a wide range of dry to semi-humid open to semi-open habitats in north-eastern Brazil, especially the Caatinga region. It has been introduced (probably by means of escaped caged individuals) to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, being locally common even in urban areas. [2]

Skull of a red-cowled cardinal Red-Cowled Cardinal skull "Paroaria dominicana" at MAV-USP.jpg
Skull of a red-cowled cardinal

Taxonomy

The red-cowled cardinal was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae . He placed it with the crossbills in the genus Loxia and coined the binomial name Loxia dominica. [3] [4] The specific epithet alludes to the black and white habits of members of the Dominican Order. [5] The red-cowled cardinal is now one of six species placed in the genus Paroaria that was introduced by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1832. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [6]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Paroaria dominicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22721587A94716337. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721587A94716337.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. José Felipe Monteiro Pereira, Aves e Pássaros Comuns do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Technical Books, 2008, ISBN   978-85-61368-00-5 , pg.138.
  3. Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 172.
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 213.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 138. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 February 2024.