SCIENTIFIC NAME
Corvus brachyrhynchos
DESCRIPTION
Cedar Waxwings are creamy yellow below, have light brown colouring on their heads and upper backs, grey on their lower backs and wings and a black mask across the top of their bills that extends around their eyes. They also have feathers on their heads that form a crest. They have a bright yellow band at the end of their tails. Sometimes you can see a thin red strip on the edge of their secondary wing feathers.
RANGE
Cedar Waxwings are found from coast to coast. In the warmer months, their breeding range extends to the northern reaches of many provinces.
HABITAT
These birds are found in open forests, woodlands, along streams and small rivers, fields, parks and gardens where fruit trees grow.
DIET
Cedar Waxwings eat small fruit year round. They will feed from shrubs and trees like mountain ash, dogwoods, serviceberries, crabapples, hawthorns and winterberries. In the warmer months, Cedar Waxwings will also eat insects found on vegetation and around streams, ponds and rivers.