Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Dutch | Vermiljoenkardinaal |
English | Vermilion Cardinal |
English (United States) | Vermilion Cardinal |
French | Cardinal vermillon |
French (France) | Cardinal vermillon |
German | Purpurkardinal |
Japanese | ミナミショウジョウコウカンチョウ |
Norwegian | sinoberkardinal |
Polish | kardynał pąsowy |
Russian | Пурпурный кардинал |
Serbian | Vermilion kardinal |
Slovak | kardinál purpurový |
Spanish | Cardenal de la Guajira |
Spanish (Spain) | Cardenal de la Guajira |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Cardenal Coriano |
Swedish | cinnoberkardinal |
Turkish | Guahira Kardinalı |
Ukrainian | Кардинал південний |
Revision Notes
Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro revised the account as part of a partnership with Unión Venezolana de Ornitólogos (UVO). Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Guy M. Kirwan contributed to the Systematics page. Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro and Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. JoAnn Hackos, Robin K. Murie, and Robin K. Murie copy edited the draft.
Cardinalis phoeniceus Bonaparte, 1838
PROTONYM:
Cardinalis phoeniceus
Bonaparte, 1838. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1837), Pt5 no.59, p.111.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'the country south of the Bay of Honduras' (error); type from Venezuela, fide Hartert, 1919, Novit. Zool, 26, p. 155.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CARDINALIS
- cardinalis
- phoenicea / phoeniceum / phoeniceus
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Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus Scientific name definitions
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Thanks to Margarita Martínez and Miguel Lentino at the Phelps Ornithological Collection in Caracas, Venezuela for providing information about museum specimens. Virginia Sanz and Pablo Antonio Millán contributed with important unpublished data about diet, breeding, and population characteristics.