Archive for the ‘Pyrrhuoxia’ Category
Male Pyrrhuloxia In Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
How did the Pyrrhuloxia end up with such a scary looking name? And what does Pyrrhuloxia mean?
It’s all Greek to me. No, really, it is Greek. The Pyrrhuloxia’s name comes from two Greek words:
The first one means “flame,” which has to do with the male’s red breast; the second means “crooked,”
referring to its large beak. Found in the desert southwest, Pyrrhuloxias typically like drier habitats than cardinals do.
Because of its preference for dry habitat some folks, who can’t figure out how to say Pyrrhuloxia, simply refer to it as the
“desert cardinal.”
— Source: Bird Watcher General Store
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Male Pyrrhuloxia At Our Patio Feeder — Image by kenne
A beautiful desert bird a close relative of the cardinal, which the less observant person
may mistake for a female cardinal, is the pyrrhuloxia (pir-ah-LOX-see-ah).
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Pyrrhuloxia On A Hot Day At The Feeder — Images by kenne
Dapper in looks and cheerful in song, the Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal is a tough-as-nails songbird
of baking hot deserts in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. — Source: allaboutbirds.org
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We haven’t seen too many Pyrrhuoxias coming to the feeder and fountain this summer,
but this guy is interested in cooling off from our triple-digit temperatures here in Tucson.
This Pyrrhuoxia looks like an immature male because of the dark bill. Adults have a yellow bill.
— kenne
Pyrrhuloxia (July 17, 2022) — Images by kenne
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