Pyrrhuloxia birds look like cardinals; in fact, they are sometimes called the desert cardinal. This species an be found in the Southwest and has the same impressive crest as the northern cardinal ...

Those of us living at or near the edge of desert scrublands and other wild places may be especially enjoying the songs of one bird in particular: the pyrrhuloxia (pronounced peer-uh-loxʹ-ee-uh ...

New research suggests that populations of the Northern Cardinal -- one of the most ubiquitous backyard birds in the United States -- are undergoing speciation in two adjacent deserts. This study ...

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But not the birds. What you saw was a pyrrhuloxia, also known as a desert cardinal The males do have sort of a reddish tint and they are related to the cardinals you were used to back East.

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Dominic Sherony via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 license ­One of the most iconic birds in the United States is the northern cardinal, a crested songbird known for its scarlet-red—and on the rare ...

No one would confuse Jefferson Davis Parish in southwest Louisiana with the deserts of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. But Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Dan O ...

The Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal from the American southwest and northern Mexico and Lawrence ... "Birds that have more flexibility in their songs may be better able to cope with the different ...

Mixing it up helps birds ensure that their songs are heard no matter what the habitat, say researchers at Australian National University and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.