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Northern Cardinal (Rode Kardinaal)




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Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis - Rode Kardinaal
East-, South- and Southwest-USA to Mexico.

The following 19 subspecies are being recognized:
Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis - Southeast-Canada, Central- and East-USA (except Southeast-Georgia and peninsular Florida);
Cardinalis cardinalis floridanus - Southeast-Georgia and peninsular Florida (Southeast-USA);
Cardinalis cardinalis magnirostris - South-Texas and Central-Oklahoma to Mississippi (Southcentral-USA);
Cardinalis cardinalis canicaudus - West-Oklahoma and Westcentral-Texas (Southcentral-USA) to Central-Mexico;
Cardinalis cardinalis coccineus - San Luis Potosí to North-Oaxaca (East- to Southcentral-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis littoralis - Veracruz to Tobasco (Southeast-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis yucatanicus - Base of the Yucatán Peninsula (Southeast-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis phillipsi - Yucatán Peninsula (Southeast-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis flammiger - South-Quintana Roo (Southeast-Mexico), Northeast-Belize and North-Guatemala;
Cardinalis cardinalis saturatus - Cozumel Island (off Southeast-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis superbus - Southwest-USA and North-Sonora (Northwest-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis seftoni - Central-Baja California (Northwest-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis igneus - South-Baja California (Northwest-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis clintoni - Seralvo Island (off Baja California in Northwest-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis townsendi - Tiburón Island and adjacent coastal Sonora (Northwest-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis affinis - Northcentral- and Westcentral-Mexico;
Cardinalis cardinalis sinaloensis - West-Mexico;
Cardinalis cardinalis mariae - Tres Marias Island (off West-Mexico);
Cardinalis cardinalis carneus - Southwest-Mexico.

Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.


Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis ssp.
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis ssp.