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Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrulusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
Bohemian Waxing Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown in juveniles, dark brown in adults.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Masked, Crested or plumed
  • Crown Color: Red-brown
  • Forehead Color: Red-brown
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Bohemian Waxing Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 16-21 cm (6.25-8.25 in)
  • Weight: 57 g (2 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Brown, Black, Gray, Yellow
  • Underparts: Gray
  • Upperparts: Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Bohemian Waxwing Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Strong rapid flight with a series of rapid wing beats alternating with wings pulled briefly to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 33 cm (13.14 in)
  • Wing Shape: Tapered-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Squared Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid with yellow tip.
  • Upper Tail: Gray and black with yellow tip.
  • Under Tail: Red-brown
  • Leg Color: Gray
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Family Waxwing (Bombycillidae)_blue
Species Bombycilla garrulus
Length6.25 - 8.25 Inches
Wingspan13.5 Inches

Bohemian Waxwing

Bohemian Waxwing: Large waxwing with gray upperparts, pink-gray crest, black mask and chin, and gray underparts. The wings are black with a sharp yellow or white line and red spots on primaries (visible when folded). Tail is dark and yellow-tipped with cinnamon-brown undertail coverts.

● Song: "scree", "zirrrr"

● Foraging & Feeding: Bohemian Waxwing: Eats mostly fruits and insects, especially insect pests; also drinks sap. Often forages close to other birds on the ground and in trees.

● Breeding & nesting: Bohemian Waxwing: Two to six pale blue gray eggs, marked with black at larger end, are laid in a nest made of sticks, lichens, stems, and grass, lined with mosses and fine plant materials, and built far out on a horizontal limb, from 4 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 14 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Bohemian Waxwing: Cedar Waxwing is smaller and browner, has white undertail coverts, and lacks black, yellow, and white on wings.

Flight Pattern

Strong rapid flight with a series of rapid wing beats alternating with wings pulled briefly to sides.
Bohemian Waxing Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Bohemian Waxwing: Widespread throughout Europe, Asia, and North America; preferred habitats include open woodlands.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationFairly common to uncommon, Widespread in range in winter.
MigrationMigratory
Weight2 Ounces