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waxwing
The waxwings form the genus ''Bombycilla'' of passerine birds. According to most authorities, this is the only genus placed in the family Bombycillidae although ''Phainoptila'' is sometimes included. The waxwing is a popular bird throughout the UK.
==Description==
Waxwings are characterised by soft silky plumage. (''Bombycilla'', the genus name, is Vieillot's attempt at Latin for "silktail", translating the German name ''Seidenschwänze''.)〔Vieillot analyzed ''motacilla'', Latin for "wagtail", as ''mota'' for "move" and ''cilla'', which he thought meant "tail". (''Motacilla'' actually combines ''motacis'', a mover, with the diminutive suffix ''-illa''.) He then combined this ''cilla'' with Latin ''bombyx'', silk (Holloway 2003).〕 They have unique red tips to some of the wing feathers where the shafts extend beyond the barbs; in the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its common name (Holloway 2003). The legs are short and strong, and the wings are pointed. The male and female have the same plumage. All three species have mainly brown plumage, a black line through the eye and black under the chin, a square-ended tail with a red or yellow tip, and a pointed crest. The bill, eyes, and feet are dark. Calls are high-pitched, buzzing or trilling monosyllables (Sibley 2000, MacKinnon and Phillipps 2000).
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