Bombycilla cedrorum
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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.
The three species of waxwings were moved to their own genus, Bombycilla, by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1808. Bombycilla is Vieillot's attempt at Latin for "silktail", translating the German name Seidenschwänze. Vieillot thought that motacilla, Latin for wagtails, was derived from mota for "move" and cilla, which he thought meant "tail"; however, Motacilla actually combines motacis, a mover, with the diminutive suffix -illa. He then combined this "cilla" with the Latin bombyx, meaning silk. The specific epithet cedrorum is Latin for "of the cedars".
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| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
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| 3 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Tijuana | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Columbus Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Xcaret | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Selwo Marina | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Wildlife Center of Virginia | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cedar Waxwing sighting in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cedar Waxwing in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months. That is one of Biotopo Cerro Cahuí's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 210 mm in October.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cedar Waxwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
34th of 56
Of the 56 parks where we can rate Cedar Waxwing sightings, Biotopo Cerro Cahuí ranks 34th at under 5%. The best odds are in Glacier National Park (United States, about 50%), Elk Island National Park (Canada, about 40%) and Isle Royale National Park (United States, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Cedar Waxwing that you can see in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great-tailed Grackle (about 50%), Social Flycatcher (about 50%) and Magnolia Warbler (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cedar Waxwing is recorded against all the birds logged in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
