Field Guide/Birds/Eastern US and Canada

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Cardinalidae (Cardinal)
Male Cardinal
Range
Female Cardinal
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Juvenile Cardinal
Description
These are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances; the family is named for the red plumage (like that of a Catholic cardinal's vestments) of males of the type species, the Northern Cardinal.


Baeolophus bicolor (Tufted Titmouse)
Tufted Titmouse
Range
Description
These birds have grey upperparts and white underparts with a white face, a grey crest, a dark forehead and a short stout bill; they have rust-colored flanks. The male and female have identical plumage.


Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)
Male Northern Pintail
Range
Description
This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range, as far as the equator. It is highly gregarious outside the breeding season and forms large mixed flocks with other ducks.


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Description