Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusCardinalis (Typical Cardinals)
- SpeciesCardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)
Closest Relatives at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Gray-throated Chat
Granatellus sallaei
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Rose-throated Tanager
Piranga roseogularis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Black-faced Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Cardinal in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Northern Cardinal sighting in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, based on 71 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Cardinal in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Northern Cardinal in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.