A tricolored bird, whose terrific trifecta of a look is finished off by a bold red hood and throat!
They like to use gallery forest edges near water bodies and moist savannahs. Generally preferring open areas.
Though it is known this species likes to dine on a wide variety of things like fruit, insects, and seeds, although it is not known exactly what insects or plants it feeds on.
The breeding season for Masked Cardinal in Venezuela tends to run from June through to November. When a cup-shaped nest of fine twigs and bark is built lined with finer materials and spider web. This is usually placed on the branch of a tree about 3 m high above a body of water. A clutch of 2 pale cream eggs with olive-brown spots concentrated mainly at the larger end is laid within. Unfortunately, nests are frequently parasitized by Molothrus bonariensis .
This species is regarded as of ‘Least Concern’ on the IUCN ‘Red List.’
