In the wild, the pyrrhuloxia is sometimes mistaken for the cardinal. The plumage of the female of both species are so closely identical, it takes a keen eye to search out the curved beak to distinguish these two species. Another similarity between the pyrrhuloxia and cardinal species include their deep loyalty towards their mate. It is not uncommon to gaze the male pyrrhuloxia foraging for berries and delivering some of the fruits of his labor to his female companion. Known as "courtship feeding", both the males of the pyrrhuloxia and cardinal species court their mates in this manner.
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