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Cardinalis sinuatus
Pyrrhuloxia. They’re closely related to Northern Cardinals, but they are a crisp gray and red, with a longer, elegant crest and a stubby, parrotlike yellow bill. During breeding season Pyrrhuloxias are fiercely and vocally territorial, but in the winter they forget their disputes and join together in large foraging flocks.
Pyrrhuloxias live in upland deserts, mesquite savannas, riparian (streamside) woodlands, desert scrublands, farm fields with hedgerows, and residential areas with nearby mesquite.
Fierst time I've ever seen this bird.
2 Comments
Thank you Ashley.
Congrats on the new bird, Luis! They are beautiful