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Range Map for Cedar Waxwing

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Short to long-distance migrant. Many eastern Cedar Waxwings winter in the southeastern U.S. Some birds travel as far south as Costa Rica and Panama.

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Waxwings(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Bombycillidae)

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