Waxwing
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The waxwings are three species of passerine birds classified in the genus Bombycilla. They are pinkish-brown and pale grey with distinctive smooth plumage in which many body feathers are not individua
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Bohemian waxwings drinking. Many berries are dry, and access to drinking water (or snow to eat) is important
Cedar waxwing pair passing a berry back and forth during courtship
Cedar waxwing nest and eggs
Japanese waxwing
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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
Waxwing
…Hylocitrea (Hylocitreidae), palmchats (Dulidae) and the Hawaiian honeyeaters (Mohoidae). There are three species: the Bohemian waxwing (B. garrulus), the Japanese waxwing (B. japonica) and the cedar waxwing (B. cedrorum). Waxwings are not long-distance migrants, but move nomadically outside the breeding season. Waxwings…
Bombycilla japonica, Huairou District, Beijing 01
Two Japanese waxwings feeding on berries