The northern cardinal is quite a distinguished bird in North America with its cone-shaped reddish bill and conspicuous crest. The male is red with a black face, while the female is buffy-brown with red on its wings. The bill shape helps distinguish the juvenile and the female from the similar-looking bird, the Pyrrhuloxia. The northern cardinal is non-migratory and steadily expands its range in northeast America. It inhabits locations such as streamside thickets, swamps, and woodland edges. We recognize the northern cardinal by its distinctive song, a long whistler with many variations. Male and female both sing almost year-round.
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