Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum [Vieillot, 1808] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Bombycillidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 10460 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 30 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 33 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: Bombukos=silk + Mod. L. cilla=tail and Gr.: kedros=the cedar |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: s to n South America |
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Habitat:
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Forest edge, woodland, towns |
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Diet:
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Fruit, in summer, some insects |
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TitBit:
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Waxwings with orange instead of yellow tail tips began appearing in the 1960s; the orange colour is the result of a red pigment picked up from the berries of an introduced species of honeysuckle. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Shetland, 1985
(McKay, C.R. 2000. British Birds 93:580-586)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
2
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Shetland
(1985),
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North-east England:
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
Nottinghamshire
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Amerikansk Silkehale | Dutch: Cederpestvogel |
| Finnish: Amerikantilhi | French: Jaseur d'Amérique |
| German: Zedernseidenschwanz | Hungarian: |
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| Italian: Beccofrusone dei cedri | Norwegian: Einersidensvans |
| Polish: Jemioluszka cedrowa | Portuguese: |
| Spanish: Ampelis Americano | Swedish: Indiansidensvans |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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