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Pyrrhuloxia

Cardinalis sinuatus

Photo by AshleyT
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30.3509, -102.097

Field Notes

Description:

Mostly gray bird with red face and chest. There is a crest on the head, and the bill is cream-colored.

Habitat:

Calling his heart out from the brush near a creek in desert-scrub area.

Reference Links:

Pyrrhuloxia, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
AshleyT
Thanks Tom! Still trying for more photos of these guys when I'm in range for them, I think they are just beautiful! I need to make it out west still too, lots over there I have never seen :)
Tom15
I like the looks of these Pyrrhuloxia and you did great with the photo! Some day I'll have to get back to the southwest and see these birds again, this time with a camera:-)

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