Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perched amid snow-covered branches, New York, USA, February.

John Shaw / Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata). Pantanal, Brazil, September.

Marie Read / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) female perched amid berries and seedheads with falling snow, New York, USA. November. Non-ex.

Lynn M. Stone / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) perched in Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) with flowering Cardinal air plant (Tillandsia fasciculata). Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve, Florida, USA.

Karine Aigner / Portrait of a Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) female with white background, Block island, Rhode Island, USA. Bird caught during scientific research.

Chris Mattison / Red-headed or Common cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Chris Mattison / Red-headed or Common cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) on white background Catbrook, Monmouthshire, May.

Jack Dykinga / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male on the ground, Catalina State Park, Arizona, USA, May.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), adult male perched on icy branch of Christmas cholla (Cylindropuntia leptocaulis), Hill Country, Texas, USA. February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), adult male perched on icy branch of Possum Haw Holly (Ilex decidua) with berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA. February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), adult male perched on icy branch of Possum Haw Holly (Ilex decidua) with berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA. February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), adult female eating Elbow bush (Forestiera pubescens) berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA. May