Pyrrhuloxia
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0

Cardinals and Allies

Pyrrhuloxia

Cardinalis sinuatus

LCLeast Concern
Family
Cardinals and Allies (Cardinalidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus) is a medium-sized North American songbird found in the American southwest and northern Mexico. This distinctive species with a short, stout bill, red crest, and red wings closely resembles the northern cardinal and the vermilion cardinal, which are in the same genus.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.