Bohemian Waxwing
(Bombycilla garrulus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRN - Nonbreeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description
The body is brownish-gray without a yellow wash. The undertail coverts are rusty red or chestnut brown. The wing tips have bold yellow and white markings.
Size
Total length: 6½″ to 8″
Wingspan: 14½″
Voice
The call is a high pitched, rapid, trill, lower in pitch and a slower trill than Cedar Waxwing.
Similar Species
Habitat
Areas with abundant fruit, including residential areas
Ecology
Migration
Late October to mid-April
Nesting
Food
Distribution
Occurrence
Irregular migrant and winter visitor
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family
Bombycillidae (waxwings)
Genus
Bombycilla (waxwings)
Subordinate Taxa
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus garrulus)
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus pallidiceps) 
Synonyms
Ampelis garrulus
Lanius garrulus
Lanius spec
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