Japanese Waxwing
Bombycilla japonica
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Birds
The Japanese waxwing is a fairly small passerine bird in the waxwing family found in the eastern Palaearctic, where it breeds south of the breeding range of the related Bohemian waxwing, but overlaps extensively with it in winter. It feeds mainly on fruit and berries but also eats insects during the summer. The nest is a cup of twigs lined with grass and moss which is built in a tree. In males, the secondary wing feathers have red tips, the resemblance of which to sealing wax gives these birds their common name. It is listed by IUCN as Near Threatened, due to loss and degradation of its preferred forest habitat.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Bombycillidae
- Genus
- Bombycilla