Bothered me as well so I went and looked it up, because sometimes animals I associate with North America are present in Eurasia too.
Northern cardinal range:
So definitely a North America exclusive, and it seems all cardinals, the Cardinalidae family, are New World birds. Stupid meme made me go learn something.
(Also “desert cardinal – Hungary” should have tipped us all off that the country assignments were random)
Not to be a meme-pedant but how is the Northern Cardinal from Italy?
Bothered me as well so I went and looked it up, because sometimes animals I associate with North America are present in Eurasia too.
Northern cardinal range:
So definitely a North America exclusive, and it seems all cardinals, the Cardinalidae family, are New World birds. Stupid meme made me go learn something.
(Also “desert cardinal – Hungary” should have tipped us all off that the country assignments were random)