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Yellow-billed Cardinal
Paroaria capitata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Yellow-billed Cardinal, Paroaria capitata, is a tanager from South America, breeding in central and eastern Bolivia, south-west Brazil, north-east Argentina and north-west Uruguay. It belongs to the family Thraupidae and is not closely allied to the cardinals proper. It is associated with moist shrubland. The bird can be mistaken for the Red-crested Cardinal, but it lacks a crest. It was described by d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye in 1837.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: c, e Bolivia and sw Brazil through ne Argentina and nw Uruguay
