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Japanese Waxwing

Bombycilla japonica (Siebold, H 1824)

The Japanese waxwing is a fairly small passerine bird of the waxwing family found in the East Palaearctic. It feeds mainly on fruit and berries but also eats insects during the summer. The nest is a cup of twigs lined with grass and moss which is built in a tree. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Bombycillidae
Genus:
   Bombycilla
Scientific:
  Bombycilla japonica


Original description

Citation:
  (Siebold, H 1824)

Reference:
   Hist. Nat. Japonia Statu

Protonym:
  Bombycivora japonica

Type locality:
  'Fyco ac Tsikuzen' = Kumamoto and Fukuoka prefectures, Kyushu, Japan.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F13AA87F365F7687

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F13AA87F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F13AA87F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558908


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Bombycilla japonica: southeastern Siberia and northern Manchuria; winters to southern China and Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan)
English:
Japanese Waxwing
Catalan:
ocell sedós del Japó
Czech:
brkoslav amurský
Danish:
Japansk Silkehale
German:
Blutseidenschwanz
Spanish:
Ampelis Japonés
Spanish (Spain):
Ampelis Japonés
Finnish:
japanintilhi
French:
Jaseur du Japon
Croatian:
žutotrba kugara
Hungarian:
amuri csonttollú
Italian:
Beccofrusone del Giappone
Japanese (romaji):
hirenjaku
Japanese:
ヒレンジャク
Lithuanian:
Japoninis svirbelis
Dutch:
Japanse Pestvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Amursidensvans
Norwegian:
Amursidensvans
Polish:
jemiołuszka japońska
Portuguese:
Tagarela–japonês
Portuguese (Portugal):
tagarela-japonês
Russian:
Японский свиристель
Slovak:
chochláč tajgový
Serbian:
Japanska kugara
Swedish:
amursidensvans
Ukrainian:
Омелюх східноазійський
Chinese:
小太平鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
朱連雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Japanese Waxwing ( Bombycilla japonica)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Jaseur du Japon ( Bombycilla japonica)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Jaseur du Japon ( Bombycilla japonica)
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Japanese Waxwing ( Bombycilla japonica)
Oriental Bird Club:
Japanese Waxwing ( Bombycilla japonica)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Bombycilla japonica
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Bombycilla japonica
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Bombycilla japonica
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Japanese Waxwing ( Bombycilla japonica)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Japanese Waxwing ( Bombycilla japonica)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Japanese Waxwing ( Bombycilla japonica)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Bombycilla japonica
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Bombycilla japonica

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Japanse pestvoël
Azerbaijani: Yaponiya ardıcquşu
Belarusian: Японская амялушка
Bulgarian: Японска копринарка
Catalan: ocell sedós del Japó, Ocell sedós el Japó
Czech: brkoslav amurský, Brkoslav japonský
Welsh: Cynffon sidan Japan
Danish: Japansk Silkehale
German: Blutseidenschwanz, Blut-Seidenschwanz, Japanischer Seidenschwanz
English: Japanese Waxwing
English, HBW: Japanese Waxwing
English (IOC): Japanese Waxwing
English (United States): Japanese Waxwing
Esperanto: Japana bombicilo
Spanish: Ampelis europeo, Ampelis Japonés
Spanish (Spain): Ampelis Japonés
Spanish (HBW): Japanese Waxwing
Estonian: amuuri siidisaba
Finnish: Japanintilhi
French: Jaseur boréal japonais, Jaseur du Japon
Frisian: Japanske sidesturt
Irish: Síodéan Seapánach
Galician: Picoteiro do Xapón
Croatian: Dalekoistočna kugara, žutotrba kugara
Hungarian: amuri csonttollú
Italian: Beccofrusone del Giappone, Beccofrusone giapponese
Japanese (romaji): hirenjaku, Hi-renjaku, hoya-dori
Japanese: ヒレンジャク, ホヤドリ
Japanese (Kanji): ほや鳥, 緋連雀
Mongolian, Halh: наран энхэтбялзуухай, хар мөрний энхэт бялзуухай
Kazakh: Амур самыры
Korean: 홍여새
Korean (Transliteration): hong-yeo-sae
Kirghiz: Амур үрпөк чымчыгы
Scientific: Bombycilla japonica, Bombycivora japonica
Lithuanian: Japoninis svirbelis
Latvian: Japānas zīdaste
Mongolian: Наран энхэт бялзуухай, Наран энхэтбялзуухай, улаан энхэт, Хар мөрний энхэт бялзуухай, өцүүхэн энхэт бялзуухай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠳᠣ ᠪᠢᠯᠵᠣᠣᠬᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠯᠠᠭᠠᠠ ᠡᠩᠬᠡᠲᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Улаан Энхэт
Mongolian (Transliteration): khar mörni eŋkhet byalzuukhai, naraŋ eŋkhet-byalzuukhai, ulaaŋ eŋkhet
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): наран энхэт бялзуухай, улаан энхэт, өцүүхэн энхэт бялзуухай
Dutch: Japansche Pestvogel, Japanse Pestvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Amursidensvans
Norwegian: Amursidensvans
Polish: jemioluszka japonska, jemiołuszka japonska, jemiołuszka japońska
Pinyin: shí-èr hóng, xiǎo tàipíng-niǎo, zhū lián-què
Portuguese: Picoteiro-japonês, Tagarela–japonês
Portuguese (Portugal): tagarela-japonês
Rhaeto-Romance: Frisun giapunais
Romanian: Mătăsar japonez
Russian: Амурский свиристель, Свиристель японский, Японский свиристель
Northern Sami: Japánabealljerásttis
Slovak: chochláč tajgový
Slovenian: Japonski pegam
Serbian: Japanska kugara
Swedish: Amursidensvans
Turkish: Japon ipekkuyruğu, Japon İpekkuyruğu
Ukrainian: Омелюх cхідноазійський, Омелюх східноазійський
Vietnamese: Cánh sáp Nhật Bản
Chinese: 十二红, 小太平鳥, 小太平鸟, 小太平鸟十二红, 朱連雀
Chinese (Traditional): 十二紅, 小太平鳥, 朱連雀, 朱連雀〔紅尾太平鳥〕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 朱連雀
Chinese (Taiwan): 十二红, 小太平鸟, 朱连雀

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