Pyrrhuloxia (Male)

Scientific Name: Cardinalis Sinuatus
Common Name: Pyrrhuloxia (Male)
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, red face, reddish neck and belly, red on tips of crest, prominent crest
Nest: cup
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Genus: Cardinalis
Family: Cardinalidae (cardinals)
Order: Passeriformes
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Species: sinuatus