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2. Link: Is that a Cardinal or a Pyrrhuloxia?

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 1, 2023, 04:47 PM

Mar 2023

Is that a Cardinal or a Pyrrhuloxia?

If the bill is large, thickly pointed and red or red-orange, it’s a Cardinal. If the bill is small, rounded, parrot-like and yellow, it’s a Pyrrhuloxia. If there is any black on the face, around the bill and into the eye, it’s a Cardinal. If the face is red around the bill and into the eye, it’s a Pyrrhuloxia. If gray is a predominate color, it’s likely to be a Pyrrhuloxia.

https://birdingthebrookeandbeyond.com/2013/07/13/is-that-a-cardinal-or-a-pyrrhuloxia/

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Cardinal and Pyrrhuloxia [View all] Donkees Mar 2023 OP

I would have guessed a female cardinal Easterncedar Mar 2023 #1

Link: Is that a Cardinal or a Pyrrhuloxia? Donkees Mar 2023 #2

Wow, thanks! Easterncedar Mar 2023 #3

Here are some more Pyrrhuloxia photos that I've posted before: Donkees Mar 2023 #4

Spectacular! Easterncedar Mar 2023 #5

Maybe a finch (?) Donkees Mar 2023 #6