Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
Red-capped Cardinal, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for larger image Brazil

The Red-capped Cardinal is distributed in the tropical lowlands of South America. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It forms a superspecies with the geographically separated Yellow-billed Cardinal, P. capitata of the Pantanal, Paraguay and northern Argentina and the Crimson-fronted Cardinal, P. baeri, of Central Brazil.
Red-capped Cardinal, Carajás, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image The distinguishing features of the Red-capped Cardinal are the black bib below the red cap, the generally black bill with a pale base of the mandible, a partial white collar and a black smudge around the eye.
Red-capped Cardinal, Carajás, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image
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