Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Yellow-green Grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis) - HBW 16, p. 413
French: Cardinal flavert
German: Gelbbauchkardinal
Spanish: Picogrueso Verdiamarillo
Other common names: Green Grosbeak
Taxonomy: Loxia canadensis Linnaeus, 1766, Canada; error = Cayenne, French Guiana.
May form a superspecies, and has been treated as conspecific, with C. poliogaster. Race simulans sometimes included in latter species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- simulans Nelson, 1912 - Cerro Pirré (E Darién), in E Panama.
- canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - SE Colombia (Vaupés), S Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro), the Guianas and N Brazil (E Amazonas and N Pará E to N Maranhão).
- frontalis (Hellmayr, 1905) - NE Brazil (Paraíba, Pernambuco and Alagoas).
- brasiliensis Cabanis, 1851 - EC Brazil (E Bahia, E Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on fruits. Locality Veracel (Veracruz) Private Reserve, Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp brasiliensis)
Ciro Albano 15 March 2012 1 year ago 32 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch, looking around and flying away. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp canadensis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 15 sec 4.2 -
A bird in a tree, calling and flying away. Locality Engenho Cachoeira Linda, Barreiros, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
An adult in a tree, looking around and flying away. Locality Engenho Cachoeira Linda, Barreiros, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 3.6 -
A bird moving in a tree and flying close to another individual. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp canadensis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 3.2
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An adult bird perched on a branch at 40 m high
Locality Torre ZF2, Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 35 weeks ago 4.3 -
Individual adult male.
Locality Serra do Navio, Amapá State, Brazil
Bruno Salaroli 7 July 2012 34 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp canadensis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Adult perched in the canopy.
Locality Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp canadensis)
Mikko Pyhälä 23 October 2008 4 years ago 2.5 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Engenho Cachoeira Linda, Barreiros, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2008 4 years ago 2.4
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song Locality Trou Poissons Trail, Iracoubo, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 10 June 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
A bird calling.
Locality Saltinho Biological Reserve, Tamandaré, Pernambuco State, Brazil
(ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 14 October 2008 4 years ago 3
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