This species is very similar to a close relative, the red-cowled cardinal ( P.
Juveniles are similar to the adults, but they show a dull brownish orange head and bib. Wing coverts are gray, but the primaries, secondaries, and rectrices show a darker gray. Belly, breast and undertail are white, with a gray back, wings, and tail. Paroaria coronata is a medium-sized species showing a red head, with a red bib and a short red crest that the bird raises when excited. It often occurs close to rivers, marshes and lakes. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest, at an elevation up to 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level. In Brazil, it has been introduced to various places outside its historical range, as in the Tietê Ecological Park in São Paulo. It has also been introduced to Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Chile. This species can be found mainly in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul, southern part of the Pantanal, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The genus name Paroaria comes from the Tupí people and can be translated as “small red, yellow, and gray bird“, while the Latin species name coronata means crowned. It is sometimes known as the Brazilian cardinal. Notwithstanding its similar name, this bird is not closely related to the true cardinal family ( Cardinalidae). The red-crested cardinal ( Paroaria coronata) is a songbird, the species belonging to the family of tanagers ( Thraupidae).
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