

We saw these beautiful birds all over the Hawaiian Islands. This is the Red-crested cardinal.

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.)

Photo by Torindkflt
North Carolina cardinals are in the Cardinalidae family. They are really cardinals.

Photo by –b– from Portland, USA
Hawaiian Red-crested cardinals are in the Thraupidae family. They are actually tanagers. Tanagers dressed up like cardinals.

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.

Pedro is a red-crested cardinal.
Pedro, the bird in the cartoon movie Rio is a red-crested cardinal.
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