Species profile
Yellow Cardinal
Gubernatrix cristata
Quick answer
Extreme se Brazil and Uruguay to n Argentina
- Scientific name
- Gubernatrix cristata
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Gubernatrix
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Yellow Cardinal in your journal
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