i am not claiming that the united states has most of the world's cardinals i am claiming that it has most of the cardinals that are in anglophonic nations which is relevant for the anglophonic article in a portuguese language article the appropriate dialect would likewise be brazilian not because portugal does not matter not being the mighty brazil but because brazil's the portuguese speaking nation with the most cardinals if you'll accept this natural metric then i'll bother to get you the population estimates otherwise its a bit of a goose chase for me and this article is not on geese but you as a birder should know enough from considerations of habitat