Species: Bombycilla garrulus

Bohemian Waxwing
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Passeriformes

    Family

    Bombycillidae

    Genus

    Bombycilla

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    jaseur boréal
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Bombycillidae - Bombycilla
    Short General Description
    A bird (waxwing).
    Migration
    false - true - true - Withdraws southward from northern half of breeding range in winter. Wanders irregularly east and south in fall and winter when berry supply is low.
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Feeds on insects and some berries during the summer. At other times of the year feeds mostly on fruits and berries (e.g., mountain ash fruits, cedar and juniper berries). Flies out from a perch and catches insects in the air.
    Reproduction Comments
    Female incubates 4-6 eggs for ca. 14 days. Nestlings altricial. Young tended by both adults, leave the nest about 13-15 days after hatching (Terres 1980).
    Ecology Comments
    Sometimes travels in cedar waxwing flocks.
    Length
    21
    Weight
    56
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-12-03
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-03
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    BREEDING: in North America from western and northern Alaska east to Mackenzie Delta and south through Canada to central Washingon, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana. In Eurasia from northern Scandinavia east across northern Russia to northern Siberia. NON-BREEDING: in North America from southeastern Alaska south through Canada, western U.S., wandering to southern California, northern Texas, New Jersey, and Newfoundland. In Eurasia from breeding range south to British Isles, central and southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, Turkestan, Mongolia, Manchuria, Ussuriland, Korea, Japan, and the Kurile Islands (AOU 1983).
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