The bird of this room
Vermilion cardinal
Cardenal guajiro · Cardinalis phoeniceus
- Where it lives
- Only in the far north of Colombia and Venezuela: Colombia's La Guajira and the dry coast of northern Venezuela.
- Climate
- Hot and dry: scrub and cacti in arid areas.
- What it eats
- Seeds, fruit and insects.
- How it lives
- It lives among thorny shrubs and cacti. The male is bright red, with a long crest.
Did you know? It lives nowhere else in the world: only in Colombia and Venezuela.