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Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Photo by joanbstanley
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31.1059, -97.4941

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Description:

Small waxwing, red-brown upperparts, pale slate-gray rump, buff underparts. Head is crested, has black mask with narrow white band below. Yellow-tipped tail, white undertail coverts. Wings have red wax-like tips on secondaries from which it gets its name. Black bill, legs and feet.

Habitat:

Yaupon holly in yard by Belton Lake.

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