| Red-cowled Cardinal | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Paroaria |
| Species: | P. dominicana |
| Binomial name | |
| Paroaria dominicana (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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The Red-cowled Cardinal (Paroaria dominicana) 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).
Its occurs in a wide range of dry to semi-humid open to semi-open habitats in north-eastern Brazil (especially the Caatinga region). It has been introduced (probably by means of escaped caged individuals) to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, being locally common even in urban areas.[1]