Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Adult
- Black mask lined with white on cheek and forehead
- Brown crest
- Yellow tail tip
- Red wax tips on unpatterned wing feathers (sometimes missing)
- Short crest
- © Debbie McKenzie, September 2008
Cedar Waxwing
Molting immature
- Black mask lined with white on cheek and forehead
- Short crest
- Mottled dusky on chest
- Yellow tail tip
- © WarblerEd Schneider, TN, Radnor Lake, November 2008
Cedar Waxwing
Adult
- Black mask and chin
- Brown head and chest
- Yellow wash across belly
- White undertail
- Yellow tail tip
- © Kris Rash, IA, Denver, March 2007
Cedar Waxwing
Adult
- Sometimes ragged brown crest
- Black mask, white on forehead
- Yellow belly
- Unpatterned wings (sometimes with red tips to feathers)
- © cdbtx, WA, Monroe, June 2008
Cedar Waxwing
Adult
- Often found in flocks near fruiting trees in winter
- © Byard Miller, NH, Marlborough, February 2008
Cedar Waxwing
Adult
- Some show orange or reddish tail tip
- © Byard Miller, NH, Marlborough, March 2008
Similar Species
Adult
- Rufous undertail
- Larger and bulkier
- Grayer overall; gray (not yellowish) belly, grayer back, brown head
- Rufous around face, no white on forehead
- © Byard Miller, Marlborough, NH, February 2008
Adult
- Rufous undertail
- White patches on wings
- © Tony Morris, Kent, UK, December 2008
Adult
- White patches on wings; yellow markings on primaries
- Grayer overall; gray (not yellowish) belly, grayer back, brown head
- Rufous around face, no white on forehead
- © Joanne Bovee, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, December 2008
Adult
- White tips to wing feathers
- Rufous undertail
- © Tony Morris, Kent, UK, December 2008
Adult
- Unmarked pale gray overall
- Gray crest, black forehead
- Orangish on sides
- © Charles Eldermire, Ithaca, NY, February 2007
Adult female
- Dark gray overall
- Dark wings edged with white
- Ragged gray crest
- Long, gray tail
- © Desert Vu, Clark Co., NV, January 2009