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Bombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It is a medium-sized, mostly brown, gray, and yellow bird named for its wax-like wing tips. 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, and insects. The cedar waxwing is not endangered.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.7724
EDGE Score: 2.93239
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  32 grams
Birth Weight [3]  3 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Widespread U.S./Mexico
Wintering Habitat [2]  Forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  20 %
Diet - Plants [4]  10 %
Forages - Aerial [4]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  40 %
Forages - Understory [4]  40 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Clutches / Year [3]  2
Fledging [1]  21 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  57,000,000
Incubation [3]  14 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground display
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  8 years
Migration [7]  Intracontinental
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Prey / Diet

Arbutus menziesii (Pacific madrone)[8]
Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Hawthorn)[9]
Fragaria virginiana (Virginia Strawberry)[8]
Lonicera involucrata (bearberry honeysuckle)[8]

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ceratophyllus gallinae (European chicken flea)[10]
Cosmocephalus obvelatus[11]
Molothrus ater (Brown-headed Cowbird)[8]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 9NUTRITIONAL BUDGETS IN FREE FLYING BIRDS: CEDAR WAXWINGS (BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM) FEEDING ON WASHINGTON HAWTHORN FRUIT (CRATAEGUS PHAENOPYRUM), EUGENE H. STUDIER, ERNEST J. SZUCH, TERENCE M. TOMPKINS and VIRGIL W. COPE, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 89A, No. 3, pp. 471-474, 1988
♦ 10International Flea Database
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0