| Japanese waxwing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Bombycillidae |
| Genus: | Bombycilla |
| Species: | B. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Bombycilla japonica (Siebold, 1824)
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The Japanese waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) 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. Some of the wing feathers have red tips, the resemblance of which to sealing wax gives these birds their common name.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Bombycilla japonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22708150A131946490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22708150A131946490.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.