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What is a Cardinal Bird?

Cardinals are passerine birds usually found in North and South America. They are known as cardinal-buntings, cardinal-grosbeaks, or redbird.

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Characteristics of a Cardinal Bird

One of the most common characteristics of a cardinal is that the males are bright red with a crest on their head, black feathers on their faces, and they have a short, orange beak.

Some cardinals are yellow, but yellow cardinal sightings are very rare.

While cardinals are recognized by their coloring, only the male has the coloring as described above.

The female cardinal has pale brown feathers and just the tips of their tails, wings, and crests have a reddish hue.

Yellow cardinals have mostly canary-yellow bodies with brownish wings, the recognizable black mask, and lighter orange beak.

Female yellow cardinals have white facial stripes, brown or gray breasts and bodies, with yellow bellies.

Diet

Cardinals have a diet that primarily consists of seeds, fruits, and insects.

During the breeding season, cardinals are known to eat an abundance of insects in order to keep up the necessary energy required for mating.

In the wild, cardinals have been observed eating over one hundred different types of nuts and fruits.

This includes sunflower seeds, grapes, blueberries, elderberries, mulberries, hackberries, and many more.

In addition to eating fruits, seeds, and insects cardinals have been known to eat plants such as tulip trees, brambles, honeysuckle, and Russian olive trees.

Not only do they like to eat these plants, but they use the twigs and branches for nesting, too.

Habitat

As climate change happens cardinals have expanded their habitat.

Many years ago, they were mostly found in the southeastern portion of the United States.

With temperatures increasing over time they have expanded their habitat.

Cardinals are most commonly found in the southeastern portion of the United States but can be found up the eastern coastline into Canada and over to the central United States.

They can also be seen as far south as Mexico.

They like to build their nests in places that are hidden from predators but can be seen in trees, along with forest lines, bushes, residential landscaping, marshy areas, and fields.

Cardinals like to sit on higher perches rather than low to the ground areas.

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Conservation Status

The conservation status of the cardinal is of least concern.

At this time the IUCN is not monitoring the size of the population because their population is stable.

Some cardinals do live in conservation sites that are protected.

It is believed that the population of cardinals is growing due to its expanding habitat range.

Mating Habits

Cardinals begin to mate in the early spring and the season can last through September.

They are typically monogamous, but sometimes will leave the relationship and mate with others.

An estimated 75 percent of cardinals are born to monogamous parents.

To attract a partner, a male will do everything he can to attract the attention of a female.

Mate feeding and courtship can often be seen while partner selection is happening.

What is mate feeding? Unlike when a mother feeds a baby bird, the male does not put food into the female’s mouth.

Males will take food to the female by bringing seeds or fruit and placing it near the female’s feet.

Females pick the male partner based on his courtship skills, coloring, and singing abilities.

Females want a male with a dark, large face mask. It is believed that these males are better defenders of the nest.

Once a mate has been chosen, the female will seek out a proper nesting place. Nesting places are hidden in shrubs, trees, or vines.

If they choose to nest in a tree, they will choose from a variety of options, they do not stick to just one type of tree.

Nests are made of twigs, leaves, grasses, pine needles, and stems.

While the female will do most of the nest making herself, males sometimes help out by bringing nesting materials to the female.

Nests are put together using four different layers.

The first layer is a grouping of larger twigs. The second layer is a coating of softer leaves.

After that, the third layer is made of bark. Finally, the fourth layer is made of the other materials (pine needles, grasses, and softer leaves).

Once the nest is made, a female can lay up to five eggs and will lay eggs up to twice per each mating season.

The eggs are greenish-white with ale speckles, grayish-white, or even plain white.

After laying the eggs, the female will incubate them for approximately thirteen days.

While the eggs are incubating, the males will look over the female and the nest.

They become extremely territorial and will “dive-bomb” any intruders, people included.

This is where they get their “Angry Bird” nickname from.

Fledgling cardinals, or babies, hatch from the eggs naked and unable to see. If they do have any feathers they will be light grey and will be sparse.

After a week or two, the baby birds begin to learn to fly.

When the female needs to leave the nest, she will call her mate by singing a song. Once the male hears this song he takes over caring for the nest until the female’s return.

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Facts about Cardinal Birds

There are seven states that feature the cardinal as the state bird.

The seven states are Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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The following are the dates when the bird became the official bird of each state:

  • Illinois – Selected in 1928, but made official in 1929
  • Indiana – Selected in 1933
  • Kentucky – Selected in 1926, but made official in 1942
  • North Carolina – Selected in 1943
  • Ohio – Selected in 1933
  • Virginia – Selected in 1950
  • West Virginia – Selected in 1949

Cardinals are so territorial that they have often been seen fighting their own reflection, say in a car’s shiny bumper or a very clean window. They can fight for hours, too.

Several sports organizations have chosen the cardinal as their mascot, including the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League, the Assindia Cardinals of the American Football Club from Germany, and the St. Louis Cardinals of the Major League Baseball Association.

Many colleges have made the cardinal their mascot, too.

This includes Texas Wesleyan University, the University of Louisville, Lamar University, and Concordia University.

They are the only red bird in the United States with a crest – the feathers that stick up on top of their heads and make the head shape almost triangular on top.

The red bird in the game Angry Birds is a cardinal.

Cardinals are also recognized by the following three names: Northern Cardinal, redbirds, and Virginia nightingales.

It was once believed that both male and female songbirds don’t sing; however, the cardinals are in the seventy percent of songbirds where both the male and female are capable of singing.

This means that thirty percent of songbirds have only one singer, the male.

The adult cardinals will clean the nest of baby poop to keep it clean.

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This has the tendency to leave the baby birds hungry for longer periods of time because the parent will take the mess far away from the nest.

Cardinals gather in large flocks. They can be seen in flocks with approximately seventy birds during the cooler months.

If you want to attract cardinals to your backyard, simply put up birdhouses where predators can’t reach them and fill up bird feeders with black sunflower seeds, unsalted, of course!

Cardinals will visit feeders early in the morning and late into the evening.

Cardinals are named after Catholic Bishops, these clergymen wear bright red garb often with tall red hats.

Like flamingos, cardinals are able to adjust their appearance by adjusting what they eat. Brightly colored fruit will help keep the cardinal’s red.

If there is a lack of red-colored fruit, the bird’s color will fade.

For unknown reasons cardinals “ant” themselves. This means that they cover their feathers in ants.

Sometimes the ants are alive, while other times the cardinal will crush the ants and smear them over their feathers.

Yellow cardinals have a genetic mutation which is why they are so rare.

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Cardinal FAQs:

How long do cardinal birds live?

The average lifespan of cardinals in the wild is three years. There are a few instances of cardinals living in the wild for up to fifteen years.

In captivity, the longest living cardinal lived to be over twenty-eight years old!

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Are Cardinals friendly birds?

Cardinals have been nicknamed the “Angry Bird” because they have been known to become very aggressive, especially if someone or something is in their territory.

Are Cardinals rare?

Cardinals that are red in color are not rare if you are in the United States, specifically in the southeastern portion of the country.

Yellow cardinals, on the other hand, are very rare to see. There are only an estimated 2,000 yellow cardinals in the world.

Do Cardinals migrate?

Even though cardinals prefer warmer climates, they do not migrate like other birds who prefer warmer weather.

They will stay in the southeastern portion of the United States even when temperatures become colder than they like.


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car·di·nal

(kär′dn-əl, kärd′nəl)adj.
1. Of foremost importance; paramount: a cardinal rule; cardinal sins.
n.
1. Abbr. Card.Roman Catholic Church A high church official, ranking just below the pope, who has been appointed by a pope to membership in the College of Cardinals.
3. A North American bird (Cardinalis cardinalis) having a crested head, a short thick bill, and bright red plumage in the male.
4. A short hooded cloak, originally of scarlet cloth, worn by women in the 1700s.
[Middle English, from Late Latin cardinālis, principal, pivotal, from Latin, serving as a hinge, from cardō, cardin-, hinge.]
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cardinal

(ˈkɑːdɪnəl) n
1. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church any of the members of the Sacred College, ranking next after the pope, who elect the pope and act as his chief counsellors
2. (Colours) Also called: cardinal red a deep vivid red colour
4. (Animals) Also called: cardinal grosbeakorredbird (US)a crested North American bunting, Richmondena (or Pyrrhuloxia) cardinalis, the male of which has a bright red plumage and the female a brown one
5. (Animals) a fritillary butterfly, Pandoriana pandora, found in meadows of southern Europe
6. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's hooded shoulder cape worn in the 17th and 18th centuries
adj
7. (usually prenominal) fundamentally important; principal: cardinal sin.
9. (Anatomy) astrology of or relating to the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. Compare mutable2, fixed10
[C13: from Latin cardinālis, literally: relating to a hinge, hence, that on which something depends, principal, from cardō hinge]
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car•di•nal

(ˈkɑr dn l)
adj.
2. of the color cardinal.
n.
3. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals.
4. a common crested songbird, Cardinalis cardinalis, of North America, the male of which is bright red.
6. a woman's short scarlet cloak with a hood, worn in the 18th century.
[before 1150; < Latin cardinālis <cardō hinge]
car′di•nal•ship`,n.
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One of the three qualities; associated with receptivity, initiative and executive action.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
Noun1.cardinal - (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
College of Cardinals, Sacred College - (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
bishop - a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
dean - (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
2.cardinal - the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; 'every number has a unique position in the sequence'
absolute frequency, frequency - the number of observations in a given statistical category
googol - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
googolplex - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
3.cardinal - a variable color averaging a vivid red
red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
4.cardinal - crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, Richmondena Cardinalis, redbird
finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
Adj.1.cardinal - serving as an essential component; 'a cardinal rule'; 'the central cause of the problem'; 'an example that was fundamental to the argument'; 'computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure'
central, fundamental, key, primal
important, of import - of great significance or value; 'important people'; 'the important questions of the day'
2.cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; 'cardinal numbers'
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; 'ordinal numbers'; 'held an ordinal rank of seventh'
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cardinal

adjectiveprincipal, first, highest, greatest, leading, important, chief, main, prime, central, key, essential, primary, fundamental, paramount, foremost, pre-eminentAs a salesman, your cardinal rule is to do everything you can to satisfy the customer.
lowest, secondary, subordinate, least important, dispensable, inessential
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cardinal

adjectiveMost important, influential, or significant:
capital, chief, first, foremost, key, leading, main, major, number one, paramount, premier, primary, prime, principal, top.
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kardinálpodstatnýhlavní
höfuî-, megin-kardináli
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cardinal

[ˈkɑːdɪnl]
A.ADJcardinal
a cardinal ruleuna reglaprimordialorfundamental
of cardinal importancede capitalimportancia
C.CPDcardinal numberN (Math) → númeromcardinal
cardinal pointNpuntomcardinal
cardinal sinN (Rel) → pecadomcapital
cardinal virtueNvirtudfcardinal
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cardinal

Cardinal[ˈkɑːrdnəl]
n (= cleric) → cardinalmcardinal sin npéchémcapitalcard index nfichierm (alphabétique)
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cardinal

n
?cardinal number
adj(= chief)Haupt-; (= utmost)äußerste(r, s)attr

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:
cardinal number
cardinal points
cardinal red
cardinal sin
cardinal virtue
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(ˈkaːdənl) adjective
chief; principal. cardinal sins. vernaam, kardinaal أصْلي главен cardeal hlavní, podstatný grundsätzlich; Haupt-... kardinal- cardinal pea-, põhi- اصلی pää- cardinalחשמן मुख्य, प्रधान glavni legfőbb besar höfuð-, megin- cardinale 主要な 주요한 svarbiausias, pagrindinis galvenais; pamata- ketua hoofd-hoved-, viktigste główny, zasadniczy ستر: اساسى: اصلى: تك سور: په رومن كا تو ليك- كليسا كى دپاپ نه لا ندى رتبه يا مقام چه دپاپ له مړيندنه وروسته نوى پاپ انتخابوى يوه تكه سره امريكا يى مرغۍ cardeal capital основной hlavný glaven kardinalan kardinal- สำคัญ temel, en önemli 主要的 головний, основний سربراہ ، پرنسپل chủ yếu 主要的
noun
(the status of) one of the men next in rank to the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church. kardinaal كاردينال (في الكنيسه) кардинал cardeal kardinál der Kardinal kardinal καρδινάλιοςcardenal kardinal کاردینال kardinaali cardinalחשמן कार्डिनल, रोमन कैथोलिक चर्च में पोप के बाद पद में दूसरा kardinal bíboros kardinal kardináli cardinale 枢機卿 추기경 kardinolas kardināls kardinal kardinaalkardinalkardynał ستر: اساسى: اصلى: تك سور: په رومن كا تو ليك- كليسا كى دپاپ نه لا ندى رتبه يا مقام چه دپاپ له مړيندنه وروسته نوى پاپ انتخابوى يوه تكه سره امريكا يى مرغۍ cardeal cardinal кардинал kardinál kardinal kardinal kardinal พระในศาสนาคริสต์ที่มีลำดับชั้นสูงสุด kardinal 紅衣(樞機)主教 кардинал رومن کیتھولک گرجا Hồng y giáo chủ 红衣主教
cardinal numbers numbers expressing quantity (1,2,3 etc). See also ordinal numbers

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hoofgetalle, kardinale getalle أعْدادٌ أَصْلِيَّه нечетен números cardinais základní číslovky die Kardinalzahl mængdetal απόλυτα αριθμητικά números cardinales kardinaalarvud اعداد اصلی perusluvut nombres cardinaux מִסְפַּר קָרדִינָאלִי गणन-संख्या glavni brojevi tőszám bilangan fjöldatölur numeri cardinali 基数 기수 kiekiniai skaitvardžiai pamata skaitļa vārdi nombor kardinal hoofdtelwoorden grunntall liczebniki główne اصلی اعداد números cardinais nu­mere cardinale количественные числительные základné číslovky glavni števniki osnovni brojevi grundtal จำนวนนับ sayal sayılar 基數 кількісні числівники تعداد ظاہر کرنے والے اعداد số nguyên 基数
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