Common Names
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Common Names in Albanian:
Çafkëlore Bishtverdhë
Common Names in Armenian:
[srngahav ]
Common Names in Azerbaijani:
Adi Ardicqusu
Common Names in Basque:
Buztanoria
Common Names in Breton:
Ar Seizeg Sterenn
Common Names in Catalan:
Ocell Sedós
Common Names in Cornish:
Askel Gor
Common Names in Croatian:
Kugara
Common Names in Czech:
Brkoslav Severní
Common Names in Danish:
Silkehale
Common Names in Dutch:
Pestvogel
Common Names in English:
Black-Throated Waxing, Bohemian Chatterer, Bohemian Wax-Chatterer, Bohemian Waxwing, Greater Waxwing, Lapland Waxwing, Northern Waxwing, Silktail, Waxwing
Common Names in Esperanto:
Bombicilo
Common Names in Estonian:
Siidisaba
Common Names in Faroese:
Reyðstapi
Common Names in Finnish:
Tilhi
Common Names in French:
Jaseur Borèal, Jaseur Boréal, Jaseur Boréal
Common Names in Gaelic:
Canarach Dearg
Common Names in Galician:
Ocell Sedós
Common Names in German:
Seidenschwanz
Common Names in Hebrew:
×¦×™×¦× ×™×ª
Common Names in Hungarian:
Csonttollú
Common Names in Icelandic:
Silkitoppa
Common Names in Irish:
Síodeiteach
Common Names in Italian:
Beccofrusone
Common Names in Japanese:
ã‚レンジャク, Kirenjaku
Common Names in Latin:
Ampelis garrulus
Common Names in Latvian:
Zidaste
Common Names in Lithuanian:
Svirbelis
Common Names in Maltese:
Sultan L-Isponsuni
Common Names in Manx:
Skian Chereagh
Common Names in Northern Sami:
Bealljerásttis
Common Names in Norwegian:
Sidensvans
Common Names in Polish:
Jemioluszka
Common Names in Portuguese:
Tagarela Europeu, Tagarela-Europeu
Common Names in Romansh:
Frisun
Common Names in Russian:
СвириÑтель, Sviristel
Common Names in Scots:
Canarach Dearg
Common Names in Serbian:
Kugara
Common Names in Slovak:
Chochlác Severský
Common Names in Slovenian:
Pegam
Common Names in Spanish:
Ampelis, Ampelis Europeo
Common Names in Swahili:
Mvi Kunguru
Common Names in Swedish:
Sidensvans
Common Names in Tatar:
Boz Qarga
Common Names in Turkish:
Ipekkuyruk
Common Names in Turkmen:
Ala Garga
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cánh Sáp
Common Names in Welsh:
Adain Gwyr
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Head : grayish with brown Crest : long grayish cinnamon Face : Chin: black Body: Back: grayish with brown Underparts: gray Upperparts: grayish Wings: Secondaries: waxy red tips Tail: Undertail Coverts: cinnamon.
Size/Age/Growth
About 6.25-8.25 inches long, with a wingspan of 13 to 14 inches. Adults weigh about 2 ounces .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 810 meters (0 to 2,657 feet).[1]
Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.1 Forest - Boreal
Biology
Diet
Primarily: Fruit. Lesser Quantities of: Insects Flowers
Reproduction
- Breeding Habitat : Woodland
- Nest Location: Mid-story/canopy nesting
- Nest Type: Open-cup
- Clutch Size: 4-6
- Length of Incubation : 14? days
- Days to Fledge : 13-16(?)
- Number of Broods: 1?
Migration
Migratory
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Tribe:
Bombycillini
()
- Genus:
Bombycilla
()
- Vieillot 1808 Hist.Nat.Ois.Am.Sept. 1["1807"] p.88
- Specific name:
garrulus
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.95
- Scientific name: - Bombycilla garrulus (Linnaeus) 1758
- Specific name:
garrulus
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.95
- Genus:
Bombycilla
(
- Tribe:
Bombycillini
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Bombycilla Garrula
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.
Similar Species
Cedar Waxwing
Members of the genus Bombycilla
There are approximately 12 species in this genus:
B. cedorum · B. cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing) · B. cedrorum aquilonia · B. cedrorum cedrorum · B. cedrorum larifuga · B. garrula · B. garrulus (Bohemian Wax-Chatterer) · B. garrulus centralasiae (Waxwing) · B. garrulus garrulus (Bohemian Wax-Chatterer) · B. garrulus pallidiceps (Bohemian Waxwing) · B. japonica (Japanese Waxwing) · B. phoenicoptera
More Info
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Further Reading
- A bibliography of birds: with special reference to anatomy, behavior, biochemistry --. by Reuben Myron Strong Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1946 UND url p. 37.
- Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 700.
- Aquila. Budapest: A Magyar Ornithologiai Knt Kiadva, 1894- HUN url p. 157, p. 160, p. 167, p. 175, p. 180, p. 216.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Birds of the Colorado Valley: a repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology / by Elliott Coues. Washington: G.P.O., 1878. ENG url p. 458.
- British birds. London, Witherby & Co. ENG url p. 270, p. 4.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 404, p. 407, p. 62.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. New Haven: The Museum, ENG url p. 188.
- Bulletin de la Soci zoologique de Gen. Gen: Soci zoologique de Gen, 1907-1932. FRE url p. 220.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 161, p. 237.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 241, p. 569, p. 617.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 641.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. ENG url p. 379.
- Der Ornithologische Beobachter. [Bern?, Ala, Schweizerische Gesellschaft felkunde und Vogelschutz] GER url p. 105.
- Die Vogelfauna des Minussinsk Gebietes, des westlichen Teils des Sajan Gebirges und des Urjanchen-Landes. (Moscou)1913. GER url p. 66, p. 84, p. 95.
- Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
- Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle; ou, Traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éminents de tous les pays et de toutes les époques: Buffon, Daubenton, Lacépède, G. Cuvier, F. Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint- Ouvrage résumant le Paris: Marescq et compagnie [et] Gustave Havard. .., [1850?-1861?] FRE url p. 108.
- Faune de France. [t.] 1-68. Paris, 1921-66. FRE url p. 51.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 223.
- Handwörterbuch der naturwissenschaften / hrsg. von prof. dr. E. Korschelt (zoologie) prof. dr. G. Linck (mineralogie und geologie) prof. dr. F. Oltmanns (botanik) prof. dr. K. Schaum (chemie) prof. dr. H. Th. Simon (physi Jena: G. Fischer, 1912-1915. GER url p. 1078.
- Le Naturaliste canadien. Neufchâtel, QC: Éditions, l'Ardoise [etc.] FRE url p. 382.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931- ENG url p. 178, p. 254.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 46.
- Mittheilungen des Ornithologischen Vereines in Wien. Wien, 1877-1895. GER url p. 131.
- Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 576.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 153.
- Ornithologische Monatsschrift. Magdeburg [etc.], Kommissions-Verlag der Creutschen Verlagsbuchhandlung. GER url p. 106.
- Ornithologisches Jahrbuch. Hallein: V. Tschusi, 1890-1918. GER url p. 173, p. 71.
- Postilla. New Haven, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1950-2004. ENG url p. 34.
- Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
- The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 18, p. 56, p. 653.
- The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] ENG url p. 114.
- The bird book: illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs / by Chester A. Reed. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1915. ENG url p. 375.
- The birds of Norfolk: with remarks on their habits, migration, and local distribution / by Henry Stevenson. London: J. Van Voorst, 1866-1890. ENG url p. 154.
- The faunal connections between Europe and North America. New York, Wiley[1957] ENG url p. 35.
- The smaller British birds: with descriptions of their nests, eggs, habits / by H. G. and H. B. Adams. London: Gibbins, 1894. ENG url p. 235.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas. ENG url p. 525, p. 625.
- Verhandlungen der Ornithologischen Gesellschaft in Bayern. M: E. Reinhardt, 1904-1989. GER url p. 323.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Royal British Columbia Museum
- New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3847672
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178531
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852038
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178529
- IUCN ID: 51515
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBN01010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178254
Footnotes
- Mean = 418.260 meters (1,372.244 feet), Standard Deviation = 104.630 based on 340 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
