#0749 · 🐦 birds
Bohemian Waxwing
🇳🇱 Pestvogel ·Bombycilla garrulus
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what is it?
The Bohemian waxwing ( Bombycilla garrulus ) is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of Eurasia and North America. It has mainly buff-grey plumage, black face markings and a pointed crest. Its wings are patterned with white and bright yellow, and some feather tips have the red waxy appearance that give this species its English name. The three subspecies show only minor differences in appearance. Females are similar to males, although young birds are...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 58 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 41,625 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Nederlands
- Pestvogel
- scientific name
- Bombycilla garrulus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Bombycillidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 58
- sightings in Europe
- 19,273
- sightings worldwide
- 41,625
- GBIF records in NL
- 31,562
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Bombycillidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 7429, Wikidata Q26135, GBIF 2484605, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.