Crimson-fronted Cardinal

Crimson-fronted Cardinal
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Paroaria
Species: P. baeri
Binomial name
Paroaria baeri
Hellmayr, 1907

The Crimson-fronted Cardinal (Paroaria baeri) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It was formerly placed in the Emberizidae and is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae). It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

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