Yellow Billed Cardinal

Copyright: monacoeye • All rights reserved • Pantanal, Brazil, 2011

Bird name: Yellow Billed Cardinal
Latin: Paroaria capitata
Other: Cardenilla, cardenal sin copete (Es) • Cavalaria (Br)
Family: Emberizidae • Cardinals
Range: Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
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I saw great numbers of Yellow-billed Cardinals at Pouso Alegre lodge in the Pantanal, where they would come to feed on grain for the animals. They have orange bills, adults have red heads and juveniles pale or blotchy heads - many examples below. Also seen elsewhere in the Pantanal.

Below, Yellow-billed Cardinals with Saffron Finches, Bay-headed Cowbirds etc


Below, two ages of juvenile Yellow-billed Cardinals.


Below, juvenile Yellow-billed Cardinal, Pantanal.


Below, tree full of Yellow-billed Cardinals, Baywings etc, Pantanal.


Below, adult Yellow-billed Cardinal, Curicaca Lodge, Pantanal.


Below, adult Yellow-billed Cardinal, Pantanal, August, 2011.


Below, Yellow-billed Cardinals on farm fence, Pantanal, August, 2011.


Below, juvenile Yellow-billed Cardinals feeding, Pantanal, August, 2011.