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Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5B

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 3
PIF: none
 

General Description
An 18-cm-long bird with a crest, yellow-tipped tail, silky plumage, and waxy red tips on the secondaries; brown above; pale yellow belly; white undertail coverts; juveniles has dark streaking (NGS 1983).

Diagnostic Characteristics
Differs from the bohemian waxwing in smaller size, browner plumage (vs. grayish), white undertail coverts (vs. cinnamon), and lack of white and yellow markings in wing.

General Distribution
Montana Range



Western Hemisphere Range

 


Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana
Number of Observations: 2259

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Relative Density

Recency

Breeding
(direct evidence "B")

Breeding
(indirect evidence "b")

No evidence of Breeding
(transient "t")

Overwintering
(regular observations "W")

Overwintering
(at least one obs. "w")


 

(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)



Migration
Bozeman area normal migration periods: Jun 5 - Jun 20 and Sep 20 - Nov 1.

Habitat
Habitats include deciduous, coniferous, and mixed woodlands—especially open forests and riparian areas of deserts and grasslands; farms, orchards, conifer plantations, and suburban gardens also popular.

Food Habits
Diet consists of fleshy fruits and insects.

Reproductive Characteristics
Usually single brooded (ocassionally two) species with 3-5 eggs per brood. Incubation period 10-16 days. Young able to fly 14-18 days after hatch.

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Citation for data on this website:
Cedar Waxwing — Bombycilla cedrorum.  Montana Field Guide.  Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_ABPBN01020.aspx
 
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