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Yellow-billed Cardinal

Information
Range Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and northern Argentina and has been introduced on the island of Hawaii.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Thraupidae
Genus Paroaria
Species Paroaria capitata
Conservation Status

Least Concern

The Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata), is a species of tanager in the Thraupidae family. It was formerly placed in the Emberizidae and is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae).

It occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and northern Argentina and has been introduced on the island of Hawaii. It breeds in moist shrubland. The yellow-billed cardinal could be easily confused with the red-crested cardinal. The yellow-billed cardinal does not have a crest.

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