# Cardinal

Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to
* Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
** Cardinalis, genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
*** Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, the common cardinal of eastern North America
*** Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal, Cardinalis sinuatus, found in southwest North America
*** Vermilion cardinal, Cardinalis phoeniceus, found in Colombia and Venezuela
* Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church
** Member of the College of Cardinals
* Cardinal Health, a health care services company
* Cardinal number
** Large cardinal
* Cardinal direction, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west
* Cardinal (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series
* Arizona Cardinals, an American professional football team
* St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team
Cardinal or The Cardinal may also refer to:

## Animals
### Birds

In addition to the aforementioned cardinalids:
* Paroaria, a South American genus of birds in the family Thraupidae commonly called red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers
* Yellow cardinal, Gubernatrix cristata a South American bird in the family Thraupidae

### Other animals

* Argynnis pandora, a species of butterfly
* Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish

## Businesses

* Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland
* Cardinal Technologies, a defunct modem manufacturer (1987–1997)

## Christianity

* Cardinal (Church of England), either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral
* Cardinal (Catholic Church) a senior member of the Catholic Church.

## Entertainment
### Films

* Cardinals, a 2017 Canadian film
* The Cardinal, a 1936 British historical drama
* The Cardinal, a 1963 American film

### Games

* Cardinal (chess), a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop
* Cardinal, a participant in the army drinking game Cardinal Puff

### Music
#### Groups

* Cardinal (band), indie pop duo formed in 1992
* The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003
* The Cardinals, a 1950s R&B group

#### Albums

* Cardinal (Cardinal album), 1994
* Cardinal (Pinegrove album), 2016

### Television

* "Cardinal" (The Americans), the second episode of the second season of the television series The Americans

### Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Cardinal (comics), a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics
* The Cardinal (1641 play), a Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley
* The Cardinal (1901 play), a historical play by the British writer Louis N. Parker
* The Cardinal System, a system appearing in the Sword Art Online series
* Cardinal, a stormtrooper officer featured in Star Wars: Phasma, a novel by Delilah S. Dawson

## Linguistics

* Cardinal numeral, a part of speech for expressing numbers by name
* Cardinal vowel, a concept in phonetics

## Mathematics

* Cardinal voting

## Navigation

* Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation

## Places

* Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada
* Cardinal, Ontario, Canada
* Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States
* Cardinal Mountain, a summit in California
* Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio
* Cardinal, Virginia, United States
* C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet

## Plants

* Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939
* Lobelia cardinalis, also known as "cardinal flower"

## Sports

* Assindia Cardinals, an American football club from Essen, Germany
* Ball State Cardinals, the athletic teams of Ball State University
* Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team
* Catholic University Cardinals, the athletic teams of the Catholic University of America
* Front Royal Cardinals, an American baseball team
* Incarnate Word Cardinals, the athletic teams of the University of the Incarnate Word
* Lamar Cardinals, the athletic teams of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA
* Louisville Cardinals, the athletic teams of University of Louisville
* Mapúa Cardinals, the athletic teams of Mapúa University
* North Central Cardinals, the athletic teams of North Central College
* St. John Fisher Cardinals, the athletic teams of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY
* Stanford Cardinal, the athletic teams of Stanford University; named for the color but not the bird
* Wesleyan Cardinals, the athletic teams of Wesleyan University
* West Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Western Australia
* Woking F.C., an English football team

## Transport
### Aircraft

* Cessna 177 Cardinal, a single engine aircraft
* St. Louis Cardinal C-2-110, a light aircraft built in 1928
* NCSIST Cardinal, a family of small UAVs

### Trains

* Cardinal (train)
* The Cardinal (railcar)

## Other uses

* Cardinal (color), a vivid red
* Cardinal (name), a surname
* Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine