Northern Cardinal Images

Northern Cardinal Images, Facts and Information:

Cardinalis cardinalis

  • Northern Cardinal males are solid red with a black mask and chin. Females are brownish gray with red wings and a tail washed with gray. Both sexes have crests. Juveniles resemble the females but have a smaller crest and dark bills.
  • Northern Cardinals are nonmigratory.
  • Northern Cardinals are found throughout eastern and central North America from southern Canada to Mexico and Central America.
  • The preferred habitats for Northern Cardinals are suburban areas, swamps, thickets, backyards, hedgerows, lowlands, and woodlands.
  • Northern Cardinals eat seeds, insects, fruits and snails.
  • Northern Cardinals lay 3 to 4 eggs which hatch in 12 to 13 days. Females incubate and they are monogamous.
  • A group of cardinals can be called a “deck”, college”, “radiance” or a “Vatican” of cardinals.
  • Northern Cardinals can live to be more than 15 years old.

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