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Yellow-billed cardinal

Paroaria capitata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

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The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 20.2 g to 22.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-billed cardinal

Weight
20.2 g – 22.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-billed cardinal live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-billed cardinal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae).

It occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and northern Argentina and has been introduced on the island of Hawaiʻi. It breeds in moist shrubland. The yellow-billed cardinal could be easily confused with the red-crested cardinal. The yellow-billed cardinal does not have a crest.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-billed cardinal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-billed_cardinal&oldid=1379909156), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-billed cardinal endangered?

The yellow-billed cardinal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-billed cardinal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusParoaria
  7. SpeciesParoaria capitata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Synonyms Paroaria capitata capitata, Paroaria capitata fuscipes, Tachyphonus capitatus

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • كاردينال أصفر المنقارArabic
  • Мантиест кардиналBulgarian
  • sit cardenal becgrocCatalan
  • kardinál černohřbetýCzech
  • cardinal pigfelynWelsh
  • Sortstrubet KardinalDanish
  • GelbschnabeltangareGerman
  • MantelkardinalGerman
  • flavbeka kardinaltangaroEsperanto
  • Cardenilla piquigualdaSpanish
  • CardenillaSpanish
  • کاردینال نوکزردPersian
  • punapääkardinaaliFinnish
  • Paroare à bec jauneFrench
  • Akã pytãGuarani
  • crnoleđi sjemenarCroatian
  • vöröslábú kardinálisHungarian
  • Cardinale beccogialloItalian
  • Cardinale a becco gialloItalian
  • キバシコウカンチョウJapanese
  • Geltonsnapis kardinolasLithuanian
  • geltonsnapė kardinolinė startaLithuanian
  • GeelsnavelkardinaalDutch
  • gulnebbkardinalNorwegian
  • kardynałek żółtodziobyPolish
  • cavalariaPortuguese
  • cardeal-de-bico-amareloPortuguese
  • Cardeal-do-pantanalPortuguese
  • Желтоклювая танагра-кардиналRussian
  • Желтоклювая кардиналовая овсянкаRussian
  • kardinálka pláštikováSlovak
  • Mantil kardinalSerbian
  • gulnäbbad kardinaltangaraSwedish
  • Sarı Gagalı KardinalTurkish
  • пароарія жовтодзьобаUkrainian
  • 黄嘴蜡嘴鹀Chinese
  • 黃嘴紅臘嘴雀Chinese
  • 黄嘴红蜡嘴鹀Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-billed cardinal

Other species in the same genus Paroaria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-billed cardinal?

An adult yellow-billed cardinal weighs 20.2 g – 22.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-billed cardinal endangered?

The yellow-billed cardinal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow-billed cardinal?

The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_billed_cardinal_2026,
  title = {Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-billed-cardinal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}