Pyrrhuloxia Photo, Phillip Colla Photography

Pyrrhuloxia Photo

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Latitude: 31° 44' 59.13" N, Longitude: 110° 59' 49.09" W, Coord: 31.74976°, -110.99697°
Filed under: Arizona, Bird on 6/12/2009

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus). This was one of the two birds I was hoping to see in Arizona. In general, we do not see small colorful birds like this in Southern California (except for escaped exotics like parrots). At first I thought Pyrrhuloxia was the latin (scientific) name for this bird, but then I learned the latin name is Cardinalis sinuatus. So I guess the Pyrrhuloxia is closely related to the Cardinal (see tomorrow’s post). Regardless, it’s a pretty little bird.

Pyrrhuloxia, male., Cardinalis sinuatus, Copyright Phillip Colla, image #22894, all rights reserved worldwide.
Pyrrhuloxia, male. Amado, Arizona, USA.
Image: 22894  
Common name: Pyrrhuloxia
Species: Cardinalis sinuatus
Location: Amado, Arizona, USA
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Shot at Bill Forbes’ Pond at Elephant Head, which I visited and described recently.

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