Bombycilla japonica

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 955 meters (0 to 3,133 feet).[1]

Ecology: It breeds in forested areas (favouring conifers), requiring fruiting trees to meet its dietary requirements. In winter it occurs in deciduous and mixed forest but also more open habitats including parks and gardens if fruit trees are present. Also feeds on insects while breeding. Breeds late in the boreal summer, laying eggs in June-July. It undertakes a relatively short migration, appearing to move in response to variable fruit crops.

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List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Bombycilla japonica (Siebold, 1824)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Bombycilla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing) · B. garrula (Bohemian Wax-Chatterer) · B. garrulus (Bohemian Wax-Chatterer) · B. garrulus centralasiae (Waxwing) · B. garrulus garrulus (Bohemian Waxwing) · B. garrulus pallidiceps (Bohemian Waxwing) · B. japonica (Japanese Waxwing)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 101 1948 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 242.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. CambridgeUniversity Press1908-14 url p. 106.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 370.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 203.
• The natural history of the USSR / Algirdas Knystautas; foreword by Vladimir Flint; [translation, John S. Scott]. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. url p. 120.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 3 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 478, p. 483, p. 486.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2008. Bombycilla japonica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• 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 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Science Museum of Korea: National Science Museum of Korea Bird
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4513
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558908
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558908
• IUCN ID: 195524
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2525

Footnotes

1. Mean = 338.690 meters (1,111.188 feet), Standard Deviation = 432.680 based on 16 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2008. Bombycilla japonica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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