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Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
Conservation statusBreeding population is impossible to census, but numbers reaching some southerly areas in winter seem to have increased in recent years.
FamilyWaxwings
HabitatIn summer, boreal forests, muskeg; in winter, widespread, including towns. Breeds in far northern forest in open areas, around edges of burns or bogs, or in places with scattered taller trees above brushy understory. Winters in wooded semi-open country where food is available; often concentrates in towns, where plantings of fruiting trees provide abundant berries.
Diet
Mainly insects and berries. Feeds mostly on insects in summer, especially flying insects. Eats more berries and fruits as they become available, and these make up most of winter diet; important are berries of mountain-ash and junipers, also many others. Also eats seeds of birch and other trees, and will drink oozing sap.
22AP5960HDRZ-SharpenAI-Standard
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
Conservation statusBreeding population is impossible to census, but numbers reaching some southerly areas in winter seem to have increased in recent years.
FamilyWaxwings
HabitatIn summer, boreal forests, muskeg; in winter, widespread, including towns. Breeds in far northern forest in open areas, around edges of burns or bogs, or in places with scattered taller trees above brushy understory. Winters in wooded semi-open country where food is available; often concentrates in towns, where plantings of fruiting trees provide abundant berries.
Diet
Mainly insects and berries. Feeds mostly on insects in summer, especially flying insects. Eats more berries and fruits as they become available, and these make up most of winter diet; important are berries of mountain-ash and junipers, also many others. Also eats seeds of birch and other trees, and will drink oozing sap.