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Cedar Waxwing
| Color: |
Brown |
| Size: |
7.25" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
Yellowish-brown, crested, with a black mask. Tail and wings are gray with red, waxy tips on the wings (not always present) and a yellow band on the tail. |
| Voice: |
High-pitched, sibilant whistles tseeee.
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| Habitat: |
Forest edges, open woodlands, open rural areas and suburbs. |
| Interesting Fact: |
These birds are seen foraging in large flocks in winter with American Robins and Northern Mockingbirds. They eat the berries of red cedar and also berries from non-native ornamentals such as Japanese honeysuckle. Red, waxy berries in the diet help form the red, waxy wing tips that give this species its name. |
| Scientific name: |
Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Order: |
Passeriformes |
| Family: |
Bombycillidae |
Adult Robert Herron |
Flock Robert Herron |
Immature Clint Sowards |
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