In today"s image is a pyrrhuloxia—also known as the desert cardinal—a songbird that lives in the deserts of northern Mexico and the American Southwest. The female cardinal, while lacking the flamboyant colouration of her male counterpart, possesses a unique charm in her own right. While she shares the distinctive crest and red bill with the male, her plumage is a more subdued yellowish, cinnamon-brown, adorned only with subtle touches of red. Unlike females in many bird species, the female cardinal is an accomplished vocalist, harmonising with the melodies of the male.
Female pyrrhuloxia in Texas, USA
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Mount Sopris, Colorado, USA
-
Don’t look down!
-
International Cheetah Day
-
SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
-
Sociable climbers
-
The sun sets on British Summer Time
-
Beauty beneath the surface
-
Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022)
-
The largest gypsum dune field
-
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA
-
Doves of peace
-
A rock giant
-
A gorge-ous place to drop in
-
World Meteorological Day
-
Starry, starry night
-
A seal of smiles
-
A touch of magic
-
Icon of the Highlands
-
Spanning the soft sunlight
-
Sunset on the Valley of the Moon
-
If these walls could talk...
-
Two hungry baby beavers
-
International Mountain Day
-
Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
-
Computer Science Week
-
Where are these spectacular peaks?
-
A glowing square of squares
-
The bears of summer
-
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
-
Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway