Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyBombycillidae (Waxwings)
- GenusBombycilla (Waxwings)
- SpeciesBombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing)
The cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It is a medium-sized bird that is mainly brown, gray, and yellow. Some of the wing feathers have red tips, which resemble sealing wax, giving the bird its common name. It is a native of North and Central America, breeding in open wooded areas in southern Canada and wintering in the southern half of the United States, Central America, and the far northwest of South America. Its diet includes cedar cones, fruit, holly berries, and insects. The cedar waxwing is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Biotopo Cerro Cahuí
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Spot-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius maculipectus
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Cedar Waxwing at Biotopo Cerro Cahuí — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there