Pyrrhuloxia
A male Pyrrhuloxia perches on a branch. These birds are in the Cardinal family, but are just found in the southwest states. They're common in southern Arizona, although they are shy.
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Identification Tips:
Length: 7.5 inches
Large, conical bill with curved culmen
Crest
Long tail ...
Pyrrhuloxia
Relatives in same Genus
Northern Cardinal (C. cardinalis) ...
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
The Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) might be considered a southwestern cousin of the Northern Cardinal. This denizen of the desert scrub is common in parts of south and west Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
The Pyrrhuloxia is a resident from Arizona, southern New Mexico, and southern Texas southward. It is casual to southeastern California.
Diet The pyrrhuloxia forages on the ground for the seeds of grasses, weeds, and mesquite; cactus fruit and cottonwood catkins. In the summer, it also eats insects. It uses its powerful bill to crack open and crush seeds.
Pyrrhuloxia
This is a relative of the cardinal found in North Carolina.
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus Found North America (southwest), Mexico
Photographed by: 1, 2, 4) Norman Bateman 3) Alan D Wilson at Lost Dutchman State Park, Apache Junction, Arizona
1, 2, 3) Male 4) Female
Genus Piranga ...
Pyrrhuloxia: USGS
Quails
Blue Scale Quail: Blue Scale
Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus)
Button Quail
California Quail ...
Pyrrhuloxia
Adult male (right)
Similar to the female Northern Cardinal (left)
Grayer overall with red face, crest, wings, and tail
Stout, rounded, yellow bill
Female cardinal has less rounded, more triangular bill; is brown rather than gray ...
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE: Towhees, Sparrows, Juncos, and Longspurs
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) ...
Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus
Yellow Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysopeplus (C)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus
Blue Bunting, Cyanocompsa parellina (C) ...
The species most similar to the Northern Cardinal is the Pyrrhuloxia. The Pyrrhukoxia is a southwestern species, and it is mostly gray. It has a gray crest that is tipped in red, and red on the face, wings, tail, and belly.
Georgia Wildlife Web ...
Within this genus, one finds not only the Northern Cardinal but its close relative, the discommodiously designated Pyrrhuloxia.
The pyrrhuloxia of the SW United States, gray with red face, crest, breast, and tail, is called gray cardinal or parrotbill. Cup-shaped nests are built by male and female, and the male helps rear the young.
Both sexes have crests and read bills. The Arizona, Krait tailed, Louisiana, and San Lucas Cardinals frequents the South United States and Mexico. The pyrrhuloxia of the Southwest United States, is called gray Cardinal or parrotbill .
Another kindred bird placed from its short and broad bill in a different genus, and known as Pyrrhuloxia sinuata or the Texan cardinal, is found on the southern borders of the United States and in Mexico; ...
 See also: Cardinal, Northern Cardinal, Finch, Flycatcher, Grosbeak
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