Unlimited, Inc . Its range extends over most of the eastern USA, parts of extreme southeastern Canada, and south through Mexico to Belize. It has also been introduced to Hawaii.
Cardinals are nonmigratory, but some movement does occur in the later summer and fall.
The adult male is bright red with a black face and red bill. The adult female is buff-brown with a red tinge to the crest, wings and tail. Like the male, the face is black and the bill orange. The powerful cone shaped bill is adapted for its diet of seeds and insects. In areas of the southwest and Mexico, this bill shape can be used to distinguish female and juvenile Northern Cardinals from the similar Pyrrhuloxia.