Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	208,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. (1996).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to trapping pressure for the cagebird trade (Restall 2006).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Eco-parque Los Besotes
Colombia	Parque Nacional Natural Macuira
Venezuela	Humedales Boca de Hueque y Sauca
Venezuela	Humedales Boca del Río Unare
Venezuela	Morrocoy National Park
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Cerro El Copey
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Médanos de Coro
Venezuela	Parque Nacional Mochima
Venezuela	Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Cuare
Venezuela	Refugio de Fauna Silvestre y Reserva de Pesca Ciénaga de Los Olivitos

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/vermilion-cardinal-cardinalis-phoeniceus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.