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 NT    Japanese Waxwing* Id (Atlas):
    Bombycilla japonica

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Japanese Waxwing, East Asian Waxwing

Family
Bombycillidae (Waxwings)

Size
15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Siebold, 1824)

Range (Guide)
China (mainland) (NB), Japan (NB), North Korea, Russia (Asian) (B), South Korea (NB), Taiwan (China) (NB).

Vagrant to Hong Kong (China).

Breeds south-eastern Russia (eastern Yakutia, Khabarovsk and Amur), also irregularly in adjacent north-eastern China (northern Heilongjiang); non-breeding mainly eastern China, Korea and Japan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

 
Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) [XC890878]
     by Zhanyi Lin from Liaohe Park, Siping, Jilin, China (call)

 
Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) [XC656811]
     by Bo Shunqi from Shangrao Shi, Jiangxi Sheng, China (uncertain)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Appears to be most closely related to Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus).


References
See References.


Files:
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