Listen to the Red-capped cardinal
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About the Red-capped cardinal
The Red-capped cardinal is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 26 g.
What does the Red-capped cardinal sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) is a small species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in South America.
More from the family Thraupidae
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Saffron finch
Sicalis flaveola
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Magpie tanager
Cissopis leverianus
Plushcap
Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Green honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Emerald tanager
Tangara florida
Yellow-bellied dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Bay-headed tanager
Tangara gyrola
Frequently asked questions
What does a Red-capped cardinal sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Red-capped cardinal on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Red-capped cardinal endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Red-capped cardinal as “least concern”.
What family does the Red-capped cardinal belong to?
The Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Orellana: Laguna Añangu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2668125 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red-capped cardinal – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0