What is Northern cardinal?
[[File:Male northern cardinal in Central Park (52612).jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[male]] Northern cardinal]] [[File:Northern cardinal female in CP (02035).jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[female]] Northern cardinal]] [[File:Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis - Northern Cardinal - XC75501.ogg|thumb|right|200px|Song of the Northern cardinal.]] The '''northern cardinal''' (''Cardinalis cardinalis'') is a bird in the genus ''[[Cardinalis]]''; it is also known as the '''redbird''', '''common cardinal''', '''red cardinal''', or just '''cardinal'''. It can be found in southeastern [[Canada]], through the eastern [[United States]] from [[Maine]] to [[Minnesota]] to [[Texas]], [[New Mexico]], [[Illinois]] southern [[Arizona]], southern California, and south through [[Mexico]], [[Belize]], and [[Guatemala]]. The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven U.S. states, more than any other species: [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[North Carolina]], [[Ohio]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]]. It was also a candidate to become the state bird of [[Delaware]], but lost to the [[Delaware Blue Hen]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last = deValinger Jr.|first = Leon|title = Letters to the Editors|magazine = [[Life (magazine)|Life]]|pages = 4|date = July 8, 1940|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1D8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Delaware+state+bird+1939+cardinal&pg=PA4|access-date = 2015-02-23}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Passeri]] [[Category:Birds of North America]]