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Phainopepla

Photo by EllaSagarin
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Field Notes

Description:

this amazing bird is a Phainopepla, it looks quite a lot like a cardinal, except for it's coal-black color, and it is much smaller than a Cardinal. it looks like a Cardinal because of it's shape, and Tintin style tuft of feathers on it's head.

Habitat:

the Phainopepla lives in Arizona. They often nest in the desert Mistletoe, and often squawk in warning when people come near. I see them quite frequently nesting on telephone wires or cacti.

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Ava T-B
That's a female in your picture. Don't they have the sweetest voices!?

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