Overview
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Paroaria, the red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers (as they are not close to the ), are a genus of tanagers. They were until recently placed in the family Emberizidae.
Species List
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- Red-crested Cardinal, Paroaria coronata
- Red-cowled Cardinal, Paroaria dominicana
- Red-capped Cardinal, Paroaria gularis
- Masked Cardinal, Paroaria (gularis) nitrogenis
- Crimson-fronted Cardinal, Paroaria baeri
- Yellow-billed Cardinal, Paroaria capitata
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Paroaria is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in the Genus Paroaria: P. baeri (Crimson-Fronted Cardinal) · P. capitata (Yellow-Billed Cardinal) · P. capitata capitata (Yellow-Billed Cardinal) · P. capitata ssp · P. cervicalis · P. coronata (Red-Crested Cardinal) · P. cucullata · P. dominicana (Red-Cowled Cardinal) · P. gularis (Red Capped Cardinal) · P. gularis cervicalis · P. gularis gularis (Red-Capped Cardinal) · P. gularis nigrogenis · P. nigrigenis
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