Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumVieillot, LJP, 1808
English (US) Cedar Waxwing
The Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bombycillidae (Waxwings) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds North America; winters to northern South America and Greater AntillesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bombycilla cedrorum
- Family
- Bombycillidae (Waxwings)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cedar Waxwing
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1808
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1808
- Type locality
- Amerique depuis le Canada jusqu'au Mexique = eastern North America.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique Septentrionale, depuis Saint Dominique jusqu'à la baie de Hudson; contenant un grand nombre d'espèces décrites ou figurées pour la première fois 1 p.88 pl.57
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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