#1436 · 🐦 birds

Red-crested Cardinal

🇳🇱 Roodkuifkardinaal ·Paroaria coronata

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © GUSTAVO PASCUAS · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Noah Frade · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Francisco Gambino · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
5. © Patrícia Nicoloso · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © André Zani · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Kualoa Regional Park, Oahu, Hawaii:© Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. R. Aliança - Jardim Lindoia, Porto Alegre - RS, 91010-004, Brasil:© Luiza L Mallmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. San Cristóbal, Santa Fe, Argentina:© Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
10. São José, Santa Maria - RS, Brasil:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The red-crested cardinal ( Paroaria coronata ) is a songbird, the species belonging to the family of the tanagers (Thraupidae). Notwithstanding its similar name, this bird is not closely related to the true cardinal family (Cardinalidae).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,804iNaturalist observations
weight 38 gadult, 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.
20,804 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 38 g.
Scientifically named by John Frederick Miller in 1776 (250 years ago).