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title: "Yellow-billed Cardinal"
description: "Paroaria capitata — Uccelli. The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-billed-cardinal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-billed Cardinal

> Paroaria capitata — Uccelli. The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae).

- Scientific name: *Paroaria capitata*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6058
- Wikidata: [Q779285](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779285)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10257](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10257)

## Names

- en: Yellow-billed Cardinal
- de: Mantelkardinal
- es: Cardenilla
- fr: Paroare à bec jaune
- nl: Geelsnavelkardinaal
- pt: Cardeal-do-pantanal
- pl: Kardynałek żółtodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

US (2683), AR (2101), BR (1054), PY (54), UY (22), BO (11)

## Summary

The yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is not very closely related to the cardinals proper (Cardinalidae).
It occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and northern Argentina and has been introduced on the island of Hawaiʻi. It breeds in moist shrubland. The yellow-billed cardinal could be easily confused with the red-crested cardinal. The yellow-billed cardinal does not have a crest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-billed_cardinal

## Photo

![Yellow-billed Cardinal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-billed-cardinal/medium.jpg)

Photo: demianlescano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240422604

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-billed-cardinal?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).