Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (14), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 18 samples

Mexico: La Paz, Cozumel Island (birds, 2004 - 2007)

United States: Horseshoe Bend Research Area, Sandrock Cliff (spring), William Trelease Woods (gap, spring), Wateree, Hiram, Dawes County (in-channel), Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (1998), St. Catherine's Island, Wedge Plantation, Laudholm Farm, Raleigh-Durham, The Wilds, Black Cat Cave (interior) (Holocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh Preserve, Starkville

See also Cardinalis, Cardinalis phoenicius, Cardinalis sinuatus