Animal
Northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
A medium-sized songbird — males brilliant red, females tawny brown with red highlights, both with distinctive crests and seed-cracking bills. One of the most-recognizable backyard birds across eastern North America, present year-round on Staten Island in every park, residential yard with shrub cover, and forest edge. Non-migratory; pairs hold territories and sing year-round, including in deep winter.
Scientific
Cardinalis cardinalis is a 1.5 oz finch-like songbird with a thick conical bill specialized for cracking seeds. Diet: seeds, fruits, insects (especially during nestling-feeding). Pairs are monogamous and territorial year-round. Both sexes sing — unusual among songbirds.
Range expanded north into NYC and beyond over the 20th century, likely tracking residential bird-feeder availability and shrubby suburban habitat creation.
On Staten Island
Year-round resident. Among the most-frequently-encountered birds at any backyard feeder, in any park with understory shrubs, on every residential street with mature ornamental plantings. Common visitors at GreenThumb-supported community gardens.
See also
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Sources
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird and species accounts
- NYC Audubon SI bird-survey records
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