Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyBombycillidae (Waxwings)
- GenusBombycilla (Waxwings)
- SpeciesBombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing)
The cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It is a medium-sized bird that is mainly brown, gray, and yellow. Some of the wing feathers have red tips, which resemble sealing wax, giving the bird its common name. It is a native of North and Central America, breeding in open wooded areas in southern Canada and wintering in the southern half of the United States, Central America, and the far northwest of South America. Its diet includes cedar cones, fruit, holly berries, and insects. The cedar waxwing is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Cedar Waxwing sighting in El Triunfo, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at El Triunfo
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Rufous-capped Warbler
Basileuterus rufifrons
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Long-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia linearis
Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Brown-backed Solitaire
Myadestes occidentalis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cedar Waxwing in El Triunfo?
About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cedar Waxwing sighting in El Triunfo, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Cedar Waxwing in El Triunfo?
March has the highest sighting rate for Cedar Waxwing in El Triunfo in our monthly data.