Northern cardinal: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern cardinal lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cardinalis cardinalis
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	North America
Length	8.5 in (≈0.22 m) (possibly approximate value)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Cardinalidae

Where does the northern cardinal live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern cardinal in 6 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a northern cardinal?

Wikidata records the following for the northern cardinal: length 8.5 in (≈0.22 m) (possibly approximate value).

Is the northern cardinal endangered?

The northern cardinal’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern cardinal?

The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Cardinalidae, genus Cardinalis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern cardinal

The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), also commonly known as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or simply cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. It is also an introduced species in a few locations such as Bermuda and all major islands of Hawaii since its introduction in 1929. Its habitat includes woodlands, gardens, shrublands, and wetlands. It is the state bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern cardinal (revision 1380698435), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q726389 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).