Cardinalidae

Cardinalidae is a family of New World passerine birds made up of the cardinals, grosbeaks and buntings along with several other genera such as the tanager-like Piranga and the warbler-like Granatellus. As of July 2024 it comprised 14 genera and 53 species, found from Canada to northern Argentina and Uruguay, with the greatest diversity in Central America. Members range from average-sized to fairly large birds with stout builds and, in some species, heavy bills, and many breeding males show brilliant red, yellow or blue plumage. Most species are monogamous, nesting in open cups with both parents sharing incubation and care of the young, and as of 2021 nearly 82 percent of its species were assessed by the IUCN as of least concern.