#1019 · 🐦 birds

Northern Cardinal

🇳🇱 Rode Kardinaal ·Cardinalis cardinalis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The northern cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinalis ) is a North American bird in the genus Cardinalis ; it is also known colloquially as the redbird or common cardinal . It can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico. Its habitat includes woodlands, gardens, shrublands, wetlands.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 393,720iNaturalist observations
length 21.6 cmadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
393,720 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
About 22 cm long.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).