Cardinal

 
    In 1950, the General Assembly chose the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) as the state bird because of its bright plumage and cheerful song. In eighteenth-century England, the Cardinal was called "the Virginia nightingale." The Cardinal is part of the finch family.

 

Cardinal
From the Audubon Publication "Birds of America"
Artist: John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.
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National Audubon Society, Inc. - All rights reserved

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