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Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Photo by gerr2468
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Description:

North American bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird or common cardinal. The Northern Cardinal is a mid-sized songbird with a body length of 21 centimeters (8.3 inches). It has a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face which is black in the male and gray in the female.

Habitat:

Northern Cardinals are numerous across the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and in Canada in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

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