Pyrrhuloxia (Female)

• Scientific Name: Cardinalis Sinuatus
• Common Name: Pyrrhuloxia (Female)
• Diet: seeds, cactus fruit, mesquite beans, insects
• Color: gray
• Size: 8.75 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: washes,town
• Field Identification: heavy yellow rounded bill, some red on tips of crest, wings and tail;prominent crest
• Nest: cup
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Cardinalis
• Family: Cardinalidae (cardinals)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: sinuatus