rdinary waxwings bombycilla garrulus russia

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ÃÅ¾rdinary waxwings Bombycilla garrulus. Russia

Body length is 18-23 cm, weight - up to 60-67 grams. There is a noticeable tuft. Coloration pinkish-gray, wings black with yellow and white stripes, tail, throat and strip through the eyes are black. The tips of the secondary flight feathers are turned into small bright red plates, visible only near. At the edge of the tail is a yellow strip, on the wing a narrow white strip. Distributed in the taiga forest zone of the Northern Hemisphere. It lives in sparse coniferous and mixed forests, on overgrown mountains and felling.