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Name this Bird Species

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By Michele Berger
06/07/2011

Photo: Dmitry Mozzherin, Flickr Creative Commons

This picture was taken in back in late 2006 in Arizona. Do you know what it is? Hint: One of these guys appeared on an Audubon magazine cover during the past year.

Species: Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)

Thanks to everyone for their guesses! A quiz about these birds coming soon...

Comments

I frequently see this bird

On June 14th, 2011 Ben (not verified) says:

I frequently see this bird in my backyard. Very beautiful bird!

Ben
My blog: Tonnelle de jardin

i was going to say that..

On June 7th, 2011 nancy (not verified) says:

i was going to say that..

Yep was lucky to see one of

On June 7th, 2011 Jeanette D (not verified) says:

Yep was lucky to see one of these while we were down in Tucson. yes a female Pyrrhuloxia.

What they said.

On June 7th, 2011 Barbara Stoner (not verified) says:

What they said.

So hard to spell!

On June 7th, 2011 Lynn Maddox (not verified) says:

So hard to spell!

Pyrrhuloxia

On June 7th, 2011 Richard Hamlin (not verified) says:

Pyrrhuloxia

Pyrrhuloxia

On June 7th, 2011 Camille Hill (not verified) says:

Pyrrhuloxia