They have these guys all over Kauai. I thought it was so weird how a bird indigenous to the islands looked so similar to an American Cardinal, so I did a bit of research and found out that they were not indigenous and were introduced in like the 50's I wanna say. Cool looking birds.
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[OC] Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata) - Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 2023
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Such a neat bird. Wow.