The female northern cardinal is often thought of as not having a crest like its male counterpart. But the female cardinal does have a crest. Its crest is recumbent, meaning that it can lie down ...

As one reader recently wrote, "I've come to appreciate the elegant beauty of the female Northern cardinal. Her hues are vibrant, artfully arranged and accent her buff coloring perfectly." ...

The female Northern Cardinal is a prolific singer, even more so than her mate for life. They are known to sing up to two dozen different tunes.

Thanks to the developmental fusion of male-female bird twins into one individual, this northern cardinal is half red and half tan -- split lengthwise down its middle -- and is half male and half ...

The female Northern Cardinal is a prolific singer, even more so than her mate for life. They are known to sing up to two dozen different tunes. Mike Moody Pixabay ...

The female Northern Cardinal is a prolific singer, even more so than her mate for life. They are known to sing up to two dozen different tunes. Mike Moody Pixabay ...

The northern cardinal is the official bird of seven different states, including North Carolina. The oldest known cardinal was a female who lived for 15 years and 9 months.

Attractive in their own right, males are only slightly more colorful than a female northern cardinal. In fact, many male pyrrhuloxias are overlooked simply because of their superficial resemblance ...

Northern Cardinal Courtship – as male and female Northern Cardinals bond during mating season, the male will frequently engage in “mate feeding,” where he will feed the female beak-to-beak ...

Central Texas (WTKR) -- This northern cardinal was caught and banded by members of the Inland Bird Banding Association in central Texas. The bird shows apparent bilateral gynandromorphism, a rare ...

An incredibly rare bilateral gynandromorph Northern Cardinal — essentially, half-female half-male — was cited over the weekend in the Grand Valley area. A similar bird in Erie was featured in the New ...

James Hill said he spotted a rare bilateral gynandromorph Northern Cardinal on Saturday. He said the bird could in theory mate with a male bird and lay eggs or mate with a female and father the eggs.