The Bohemian waxwing is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of the Palearctic and North America. It has mainly buff-grey plumage, black face markings and a pointed cres
Bombycilla garrulus, Novosibirsk 1
B. g. pallidiceps in Ontario, Canada
B. g. pallidiceps female in Saskatchewan Canada.
The distinctive red wing tips
The Japanese waxwing is a fairly small passerine bird in the waxwing family found in the eastern Palaearctic, where it breeds south of the breeding range of the related Bohemian waxwing, but overlaps
Bohemian waxwing
…males, although young birds are less well-marked and have few or no waxy wingtips. Although the Bohemian waxwing's range overlaps those of the cedar and Japanese waxwings, it is easily distinguished from them by size and plumage differences. The breeding habitat is coniferous forests, usually near water. The pair build…
Bombycilla japonica, Huairou District, Beijing 01
Two Japanese waxwings feeding on berries