Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
- epik
- 72 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The desert cardinal — same swagger, sandier suit. Built for thorns and 110-degree commutes.
- Populasi
- ~3 million mature individuals globally (roughly 1.1-2.2 million in the USA, ~0.8-1.9 million in Mexico), with a modeled continuing decline of about 6-11% over three generations
- Habitat
- Arid and semi-arid scrubland, mesquite thickets/savanna, and Chihuahuan Desert scrub; also desert creek beds/riparian corridors, agricultural edges, and residential areas, from near sea level up to roughly 2,200 m
- Fakta menarik
- The Pyrrhuloxia's old genus name combined 'Pyrrhula' (bullfinch) and 'Loxia' (crossbill) in reference to its stubby, curved, parrot-like bill, before taxonomists merged it into Cardinalis alongside the Northern Cardinal.
- Sebaran
- Resident of the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and marginally southern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma) and northern/central Mexico, including the Baja California peninsula, north of the Sierra Madre del Sur and Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
- Makanan
- Primarily seeds (bristlegrass, doveweed, sandbur, panicum, sorghum, pigweed/sunflower), cactus fruit and other fruits, supplemented with insects such as grasshoppers, caterpillars, beetles, stink bugs, and cicadas
- Ukuran
- 0,21 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,295 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
