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We saw these beautiful birds all over the Hawaiian Islands. This is the Red-crested cardinal.
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Photo by Thomas Shahan
Although it looks like the cardinals they have here in North Carolina, it is actually not really related. (Other than both being birds.)
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Photo by Torindkflt
North Carolina cardinals are in the Cardinalidae family. They are really cardinals.
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Photo by –b– from Portland, USA
Hawaiian Red-crested cardinals are in the Thraupidae family. They are actually tanagers. Tanagers dressed up like cardinals.
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Photo by Matt MacGillivray from Toronto, Canada
Red-crested cardinals are actually not native to Hawaii. They are from South America. They were brought to Hawaii.
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Pedro is a red-crested cardinal.
Pedro, the bird in the cartoon movie Rio is a red-crested cardinal.
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