Red-capped Cardinal

Paroaria gularis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Red-capped Cardinal, Paroaria gularis, is a passerine of the tanager family that breeds in Amazonia in South America. It is a bird of lowland wetlands and other partly open places close to water, including swamps, mangroves and várzea, and it also turns up in lightly wooded wet areas in towns and cities. Its most striking feature is the crimson head of the adult nominate form, set off by blackish facial markings, a black throat and shiny black upperparts with a white partial collar. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1766.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies

Breeding range

South America: Amazonia