Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern Cardinal
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Vertebrate
Sublevel 2: Bird
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Cardinalis
Species: Cardinalis cardinalis
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Recent
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Cardinalis cardinalis
Male, at a feeder in a snowstorm
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-03-13
Female, at a feeder (with a house finch)
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-03-20
Female at a feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-04-26
Backside of male
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-04-30
Male at feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-06-19