The Bohemian Waxwing is a larger, grayer, and rarer relative of the Cedar Waxwing, with rusty undertail coverts and yellow and white wing markings. Like its relative, it has bright red waxy tips on the secondary feathers of unknown function. It is an irruptive species that appears in large flocks in southern Canada and the northern United States only when northern berry crops fail.
Habitat
Boreal forests in summer; towns and suburban areas in irruption winters
Diet
Berries, especially mountain ash and crabapples
How common
Uncommon
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