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The diet includes berries and fruits, with insects in the summer. | The diet includes berries and fruits, with insects in the summer. | ||
Revision as of 00:07, 26 August 2016
- Bombycilla cedrorum
Identification
17-20 cm
A sleek, crested, brown bird with black mask, yellow tips on tail feathers, and hard red wax-like tips on secondary wing feathers.
Similar Species
Bohemian Waxwing: Cedar Waxwing lacks the yellow and white markings on the wings.
Distribution
Breeds from southeastern Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to California, Illinois, and Virginia. Winters from British Columbia, Great Lakes region, and New England southward to the Caribbean and northern South America.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Open woodlands, orchards, and residential areas.
Behaviour
Highly gregarious for much of the year.
Diet
The diet includes berries and fruits, with insects in the summer.
Breeding
The 4-6 blue-grey eggs, spotted with dark brown and black, are laid in a bulky cup of twigs and grass placed in a tree in the open.
Vocalisation
Voice is a thin lisp, tseee, rather like Bohemian, but thinner and more quavering.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cedar Waxwing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cedar_Waxwing
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