Pyrrhuloxia

Hello all, I've been busy and haven't posted much lately. I haven't seen many posts here of Pyrrhuloxia. We see these birds every time we're out in West Texas. Here are a couple shots comparing the male Pyrrhuloxia to a male Cardinal. Thanks for looking.

Male Pyrrhuloxia


Male Cardinal

I like the Cardinal shot. His colours go nicely with the rest of the image.

Seems to me the male Pyrrhuloxia looks more like the female Cardinal. Oh, nice shots BTW.

Fantastic colors

Probably don't see many posts because folk have trouble spelling it I guess Nice pics though.

Both shots are nice. I've never seen the first bird.

Looks like he's related tot he Cardinal. Never seen one though.

Wow...that's a COOL looking bird...Never seen one on the forum before!!!

Great capture!!!!

According to All About Birds, it's a close cousin to the northern cardinal and can be distinguished from the famel northern cardinal: "Female Northern Cardinal's body plumage is more brownish than gray, its face is black, and its bill is reddish-orange and somewhat sharp, not yellow or dusky and highly rounded." (and nice shot!!)

MrGreen wrote in post #7610420
I like the Cardinal shot. His colours go nicely with the rest of the image.

Thanks MrGreen

BobOh wrote in post #7610452
Seems to me the male Pyrrhuloxia looks more like the female Cardinal. Oh, nice shots BTW.

Thanks Bob, When I first saw them I thought they were female Cardinals.

L.Morey wrote in post #7610468
Fantastic colors

Thanks much appreciated.

artyman wrote in post #7610521
Probably don't see many posts because folk have trouble spelling it I guess Nice pics though.

Thanks, It is a mouth full.

sparker1 wrote in post #7610819
Both shots are nice. I've never seen the first bird.

Much appreciated Stan.

canonloader wrote in post #7610895
Looks like he's related tot he Cardinal. Never seen one though.

Yep, they are closely related Mitch. They are found in the dry southwestern US.

booju wrote in post #7611542
Wow...that's a COOL looking bird...Never seen one on the forum before!!!

Great capture!!!!

Your comments are appreciated Roland.

jgrussell wrote in post #7612108
According to All About Birds, it's a close cousin to the northern cardinal and can be distinguished from the famel northern cardinal: "Female Northern Cardinal's body plumage is more brownish than gray, its face is black, and its bill is reddish-orange and somewhat sharp, not yellow or dusky and highly rounded." (and nice shot!!)

Thanks jgrussell... I thought they were female Cardinals at first but after noticing the slight difference in their calls. I really started to see the difference(plumage, bill, etc..) between the birds.

Nice capture...I photographed one down the the desert in AZ. They are quite pretty, but who came up with that name....too tought to spell for sure.

Thank you Steve. It sure is hard to spell and a strange name to boot.

Two lovely shots Brad...I appreciate seeing the first one as I have never seen this bird.

Great shots! I lived in TX most of life and probably thought that guy was a female cardinal. Live and learn. LOL

Your comments are much appreciated Rose and John.