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Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Cardinal
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Northern Cardinal
Park Synonyms:		Richmondena cardinalis

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Cardinalidae, Genus Cardinalis, Species Cardinalis cardinalis


Seasonality Tags:
Resident


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 5 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Chiricahua National Monument
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Coronado National Memorial	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dry Tortugas National Park	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Washington Park	Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Great Falls Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Haleakala National Park
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Monocacy National Battlefield	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park	Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saguaro National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Suitland Parkway	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tonto National Monument
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Tuzigoot National Monument
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Vicksburg National Military Park
White House	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	7/23/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/30/2025 9:15:59 PM

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