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Is Your State Bird Moving On?

Illinois species impacted by Global Warming
Cardinal Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)

State bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and West Virginia
Photo © Jim Roetzel
Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

 
The cardinal is not in danger of disappearing its home states.

Description
8-9" (20-23 cm). Male bright red with crest, black face, stout red bill. Female buff-brown tinged with red on crest, wings, and tail.

Voice
Rich what-cheer, cheer, cheer; purty-purty-purty-purty or sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet. Also a metallic chip.

Habitat
Woodland edges, thickets, brushy swamps, and gardens.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

Acadian Flycatcher
American Redstart
Baltimore Oriole
Bank Swallow
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Brewer's Blackbird
Canada Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Golden-winged Warbler
Gray Catbird
Hooded Warbler
House Wren
Kentucky Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Ovenbird
Pine Siskin
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Savannah Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Sedge Wren
Song Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Vesper Sparrow
Warbling Vireo
White-breasted Nuthatch
Willow Flycatcher
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
American Goldfinch



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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