Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Bombycillidae |
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BTO Codes:
WX, WAXWI
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EURING No: 10480 | |
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Number in Britain:
100 birds (Winter)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
garrulus recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
18 cm
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Wingspan: 34 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 63 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: Bombukos=silk + Mod. L. cilla=tail and L.: garrulus=chattering |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n Eurasia, nw North America, WINTERS: Irregularly to s Europe & c US |
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Habitat:
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Coniferous forest, birch woodland |
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Diet:
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Summer, insects esp. midges & mosquitos, winter, fruit and plant buds from trees |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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Winter:
100 individuals
in 1981-84
Note: Probably now an overestimate
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First Record:
York, 1680
[Fossil evidence from
Devensian (last) glaciation, 10-120,000 yr ago]
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Conservation Status:
GREEN
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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| Migration routes: Map of foreign ringing recoveries | ||||
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
30 to 200 thousand pairs
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| Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas | ||||
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
24 x 18 mm
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Egg Weight: 3.8 g (of which 5 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
5 eggs
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Incubation:
13- 14 days
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by the: Female |
Fledging:
15 - 17days
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Altricial, naked
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
1
year
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
2 years 11 months 24 days (set in 1977)
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
B+
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Wing Length
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Adult: | 117.4 ± 2.5 Range 110.0 - 126.0 mm, (N = 723) |
| Juvenile: | 116.9 ± 2.6 Range 110.0 - 126.0 mm, (N = 350) | |
| Male: | 117.7 ± 2.5 Range 110.0 - 126.0 mm, (N = 369) | |
| Female: | 117.0 ± 2.5 Range 110.0 - 125.0 mm, (N = 321) | |
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Weight
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Adult: | 57.93 ± 4.61 Range 42.00 - 78.20 g , (N =650) |
| Juvenile: | 55.4 ± 5.9 Range 38.5 - 72.6 . , (N =345) | |
| Male: | 57.97 ± 4.68 Range 43.80 - 78.20 g , (N =329) | |
| Female: | 57.88 ± 4.57 Range 42.00 - 76.00 g , (N =291) | |
| Seasonal: | Autumn 56.88 ± 5.78 (N = 95) Winter 57.75 ± 5.10 (N = 983) | |
| Source: | British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data | |
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Other Names |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | |
| Gaelic: Canranach-dearg | Welsh: Cynffon Sidan |
| Danish: Silkehale | Dutch: Pestvogel |
| Finnish: Tilhi | French: Jaseur boréal |
| German: Seidenschwanz | Hungarian: Csonttollú |
| Icelandic: Silkitoppa | Irish: Síodeiteach |
| Italian: Beccofrusone | Norwegian: Sidensvans |
| Polish: Jemioluszka zwyczajna | Portuguese: Tagarela-europeu |
| Spanish: Ampelis | Swedish: Sidensvans |
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
| Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead | |
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