- The AOU moved this genus into the Cardinalidae family in 2008.
- Today it is assigned to the cardinal family ( Cardinalidae ).
- This species belongs in the family ( Cardinalidae ).
- Ten species of cardinalidae have been recorded in Georgia.
- Traditionally placed in the Cardinalidae family, it probably belongs in the Thraupidae instead.
- The Cardinalidae are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills.
- These are birds in the family Cardinalidae, long placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae.
- They have smaller bills than other Cardinalidae; they mainly eat seeds in winter and insects in summer.
- It was formerly placed in the Emberizidae and is not very closely related to the cardinals proper ( Cardinalidae ).
- Conversely, there are New World species retaining the name " bunting " which are now classed in the family Cardinalidae.