Paroaria coronata

Basic information
Scientific name	Paroaria coronata	Click to magnify
Common names	Red-crested cardinal, Brazilian cardinal
Higher taxon	Emberizidae, Passeriformes, Aves
Natural range	Amazaon and southern part of Brazil, Bolivia, Argentine.
Habitat	Shrub, human habitat, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	There are records of breeding in Saitama, Tokyo, and Osaka Prefs., and occurrence in Kanagawa, Kyoto, Nara, Hyogo, and Mie Prefs.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Found in 1961 to 1981, in eastern Japan.
Route	Deliberate: Escape or release of pet animal.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, etc.

Reference

Notes

Eguchi & Amano (2004) Spread of exotic birds in Japan. Ornithol Sci. 3, 3-12.
Eguchi & Fujimaki (eds) (2000) Check-List of Japanese Birds Sixth Revised Edition. The Ornithological Society of Japan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Kawakami & Kanouchi (2012) The Handbook of Introduced Birds in Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Lepage (ed) (2003-2012) Avibase – the world bird database (Accessed on 2012-6-12) http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/
Long (1981) Introduced Birds of the World. David & Charles, Newton.
etc.