Japanese Waxwing
IUCN Red List
NT · Near Threatened
iucn text near threatened
IUCN assessment: 2018 · iucnredlist.org
Bombycilla japonica Siebold, 1824
Амур самыры
Almaty. Observatory.
- status in Kazakhstan
- winters here
- conservation status
- IUCN NTnear threatened
- sizes
- 16–18 cm
- when to see it
- January
- on the site
- 2 observationslast: 20 Dec 2025
Description
Амурский свиристель несколько меньше обыкновенного (длина 16-18 см). Кроме размеров отличается бледно-желтым цветом середины живота, красными вершинами рулевых перьев (у обыкновенного они желтые), и красной полосой на крыле.
Distribution
Small flocks and singles in flocks of Bohemian waxwings observed in January 2013 in orchards and forest-belts near Almaty. One bird caught on January 3, 2013.
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Biology
Very rare vagrant. Small flocks were observed in Russian olive groves and in flocks with Bohemian waxwings in apple orchards in foothills of Zailiyski Alatau, close to Almaty