Description
Thraupidae: Paroaria capitata
Southern Brazilian Pantanal
Date 26 June 2012, 11:30
Source Yellow-billed cardinal http://www.flickr.com/photos/dejeuxx/7464421294/
Author Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA http://www.flickr.com/people/11014423@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_ggallice_-_Yellow-billed_cardinal.jpg

The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It was formerly placed in the Emberizidae and is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae). It occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and northern Argentina and has been introduced on the island of Hawai'i. 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. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Thraupidae, Genus: Paroaria, Species: Paroaria capitata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837).