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
Bombycilla japonica, Huairou District, Beijing 01
Two Japanese waxwings feeding on berries
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
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 extensively with it in winter. It feeds mainly on fruit and berries but also eats insects during the summer. The nest is a cup of twigs…
Bombycilla garrulus, Novosibirsk 1
B. g. pallidiceps in Ontario, Canada
B. g. pallidiceps female in Saskatchewan Canada.
The distinctive red wing tips