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Common Name: Cardinal; Redbird Scientific Name
Hawaiian Name: None |
Detailed Description: fairly large, short-thick bill, long-tailed finch Male cardinal: brilliant red all over, reddish bill, and black face around the bill. Female cardinal: pale brown overall, warm reddish tinges in wings, tail and crest, same facial appearance and red-orange bill. Habitat: The northern cardinal can be found in the eastern regions of the United States, and in Canada. It lives in dense shrubby area like forest edge, backyards, woodlands, and swamps. Organism’s diet: The northern cardinal eats mainly seeds and fruits like wild grapes, corn, blackberry, and sunflower seeds. |
Zoology Features: The Northern Cardinal is a medium-sized songbird. The body length of this bird is 21-23 cm. The wing span of the northern cardinal is 25-31 cm. It weighs about 45 g. The Northern Carindal is a deuterostome with a bilateral body symmetry. It is a triploblastic orgnization. Basic Growth and Development Cycles: The Northern Cardinal is socially monogamous. They breed in the months of March and September. The female builds the nest and lays about three to four eggs in the clutch. The female cardinal usually incubates the egg, however, rarely; the male cardinal incubates for a period of 12 to 13 days. When the young baby birds are hatched out of their egg, the female cardinal incubates the next set of eggs while the male cardinal takes care of the feeding and nurturing. |
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