Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Waxwings :: Bohemian Waxwing

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Waxwing, Greater Waxwing, Common Waxwing
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA - Apr 25, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Brugge, Belgium - Jan 19, 2003 © Yves Baptiste  Morecombe, Lancashire, England - Feb, 2003 © Richard Stern  Maclas, Loire, Rhone-Alpes, France - Jan 28, 2005 © Pascal Dubois  Zeist, Netherlands - Jan 31, 2003 © Bas de Bruijn 
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Range

Nearly circumpolar in the Northern Hemisphere;
(1) N. Europe from n. and c. Scandinavia across n. and c. Russia to c. Siberia.
(2) C. Siberia to the Kolyma River and Kamchatka s. to the upper Yenesei River, Lake Baikal and n. Amurland.
(3) W. and n. Alaska, and w. Canada (c. Yukon, nw. and s. Mackenzie, n. Saskatchewan, s. Manitoba e. to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia) s. to sw. and sc. Alaska and w. to the base of the Alaskan Peninsula and s. in Canada through the interior of British Columbia, n. and sw. Alberta to nw. United States in c. Washington, n. Idaho and nw. Montana.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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