Family
Cardinals and Allies
Cardinalidae
50 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
Cardinalidae (sometimes referred to as "cardinal-grosbeaks" or simply "cardinals") is a family of New World-endemic passerine birds that consists of cardinals, grosbeaks, and buntings. It also includes several other genera such as the tanager-like Piranga and the warbler-like Granatellus. Membership of this family is not easily defined by a single or even a set of physical characteristics, but instead by molecular work.
Species in this family
- Ecuadorian Seedeater Amaurospiza aequatorialis
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Blackish-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Yellow-lored Tanager Chlorothraupis frenata
- Lemon-spectacled Tanager Chlorothraupis olivacea
- Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Amazonian Grosbeak Cyanoloxia rothschildii
- Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager Driophlox atrimaxillaris
- Crested Ant-Tanager Driophlox cristata
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager Driophlox fuscicauda
- Sooty Ant-Tanager Driophlox gutturalis
- Rose-breasted Chat Granatellus pelzelni
- Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii
- Rose-bellied Bunting Passerina rositae
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Red-and-black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas
- Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis
- Flame-coloured Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Red-headed Tanager Piranga erythrocephala
- Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
Lookalikes compared
- Amazonian Grosbeak vs Blue Grosbeak
- Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager vs Carmiol's Tanager
- Blue Bunting vs Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Bunting vs Indigo Bunting
- Blue Grosbeak vs Lazuli Bunting
- Blue-black Grosbeak vs Amazonian Grosbeak
- Blue-black Grosbeak vs Blue Grosbeak
- Ecuadorian Seedeater vs Blue-black Grosbeak
- Flame-coloured Tanager vs White-winged Tanager
- Golden Grosbeak vs Black-backed Grosbeak
- Hepatic Tanager vs Flame-coloured Tanager
- Hepatic Tanager vs Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
- Hepatic Tanager vs Western Tanager
- Hepatic Tanager vs White-winged Tanager
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager vs Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager vs Black-faced Grosbeak
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager vs Carmiol's Tanager
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager vs Yellow Grosbeak
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak vs Blue Grosbeak
- Summer Tanager vs Flame-coloured Tanager
- Western Tanager vs Flame-coloured Tanager
- White-winged Tanager vs Black-faced Grosbeak
- White-winged Tanager vs Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
- Yellow-lored Tanager vs Ecuadorian Seedeater