Red-Crested Cardinal, Pantanal, Brazil (Webshots_Website_Daily_Photos_CD4)
This is not my photo. Downloaded from a newsgroup. Just enjoy.
Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family, the sparrows, buntings, cardinals, and allies.
It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay; it is found in southern regions of the pantanal. It has also been introduced to Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.
