Red-capped Cardinal
by Winston D Munnings
Title
Red-capped Cardinal
Artist
Winston D Munnings
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The Red-capped Cardinal, Paroaria gularis, is a small South American bird. It belongs to Paroaria, a genus of red-headed cardinal-tanagers in the family Thraupidae, unlike the cardinals proper which are in the Cardinalidae. They were long believed to be closer to American sparrows and placed in the Emberizidae.
It occurs in lowlands of Trinidad, the Guianas, Venezuela, eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia and the Amazon basin in Brazil. In Brazil it is, except for populations in the relatively open lowlands of north-eastern Roraima and along the Branco River and lower Rio Negro, apparently largely absent from the regions north of the northern bank of the Amazon River, but these regions are generally very poorly known and its presence cannot be discounted, especially in the section between the lower Rio Negro and Rio Jari (the river on the border between Par� and Amap�).
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June 17th, 2014
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Comments (2)
Elf Evans
I am impressed more and more by your editing and compositions. Your bird series are taking off, to use and expression;-)
Winston D Munnings replied:
What a wonderful thing to say! It is greatly appreciated Elf. Incidentally, as the knees get weaker with age ^_^ I am now looking more closely towards 'Table-Top Photography' while using YOUR brilliant creations in this genre as grounded inspiration.