Cardinal

Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:

Birds

 * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
 * Cardinalis, genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
 * Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, the common cardinal of eastern North America
 * Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal, Cardinalis sinuatus, found in southwest North America
 * Vermilion cardinal, Cardinalis phoeniceus, found in Colombia and Venezuela
 * Paroaria, a South American genus of birds in the family Thraupidae commonly called red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers
 * Yellow cardinal, Gubernatrix cristata a South American bird in the family Thraupidae

Other animals

 * Argynnis pandora, a species of butterfly
 * Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish

Businesses

 * Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland
 * Cardinal Health, a health care services company
 * Cardinal Technologies, a defunct modem manufacturer

Christianity

 * Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church
 * Member of the College of Cardinals
 * Cardinal (Church of England), either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral

Films

 * Cardinals (film), a 2017 Canadian film
 * The Cardinal (1936 film), a British historical drama
 * The Cardinal, a 1963 American film

Games

 * Cardinal (chess), a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop
 * Cardinal, a participant in the army drinking game Cardinal Puff

Groups

 * Cardinal (band), indie pop duo formed in 1992
 * The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003
 * The Cardinals, a 1950s R&B group

Albums

 * Cardinal (Cardinal album), 1994
 * Cardinal (Pinegrove album), 2016

Television

 * Cardinal (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series
 * "Cardinal" (The Americans), the second episode of the second season of the television series The Americans

Other arts, entertainment, and media

 * Cardinal (comics), a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics
 * The Cardinal (1641 play), a Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley
 * The Cardinal (1901 play), a historical play by the British writer Louis N. Parker
 * The Cardinal System, a system appearing in the Sword Art Online series
 * Cardinal, a stormtrooper officer featured in Star Wars: Phasma, a novel by Delilah S. Dawson

Linguistics

 * Cardinal numeral, a part of speech for expressing numbers by name
 * Cardinal vowel, a concept in phonetics

Mathematics

 * Cardinal number
 * Large cardinal
 * Cardinal voting

Navigation

 * Cardinal direction, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west
 * Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation

Places

 * Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada
 * Cardinal, Ontario, Canada
 * Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States
 * Cardinal Mountain, a summit in California
 * Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio
 * Cardinal, Virginia, United States
 * C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet

Plants

 * Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939
 * Lobelia cardinalis, also known as "cardinal flower"

Sports

 * Arizona Cardinals, an American professional football team
 * Assindia Cardinals, an American football club from Essen, Germany
 * Ball State Cardinals, the athletic teams of Ball State University
 * Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team
 * Catholic University Cardinals, the athletic teams of the Catholic University of America
 * Front Royal Cardinals, an American baseball team
 * Incarnate Word Cardinals, the athletic teams of the University of the Incarnate Word
 * Lamar Cardinals, the athletic teams of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA
 * Louisville Cardinals, the athletic teams of University of Louisville
 * Mapúa Cardinals, the athletic teams of Mapúa University
 * North Central Cardinals, the athletic teams of North Central College
 * St. John Fisher Cardinals, the athletic teams of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY
 * St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team
 * Stanford Cardinal, the athletic teams of Stanford University; named for the color but not the bird
 * Wesleyan Cardinals, the athletic teams of Wesleyan University
 * West Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Western Australia
 * Woking F.C., an English football team

Aircraft

 * Cessna 177 Cardinal, a single engine aircraft
 * St. Louis Cardinal C-2-110, a light aircraft built in 1928
 * NCSIST Cardinal, a family of small UAVs

Trains

 * Cardinal (train)
 * The Cardinal (railcar)

Other uses

 * Cardinal (color), a vivid red
 * Cardinal (name), a surname
 * Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine