Bombycillidae - waxwings, silky-flycatchers, palmchat
 There are eight species of birds in this family. There are three species of waxwings. They have crests on their heads, black face masks, and soft brownish-gray feathers. Two of the species, the Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) and the Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus), have a unique red waxy tip on the tips of their wings and a yellow waxy tip on their tails. The Japanese waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) has the same red waxy substance on the tips of its wing feathers and a waxy tip on its tail feathers. Waxwings are found in forests and eat insects and berries. They often move in large flocks from berry source to berry source where they strip a bush or tree clean of berries before moving on! Two species are found in North America, the bohemian waxwing is found in Canada and in Alaska, Washington, Idaho and Montana. The cedar waxwing is found in North America from Canada south to Panama.
The palmchat (Dulus dominicus) is found on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It is brown on its uppersides and has a white belly and chest streaked with white. It eats fruits and berries.
There are four species of silky-flycatchers. They are found in the woodlands of the Southwestern United States south to Panama. They have crests on their heads and range in color from black to gray to yellow. They eat insects and berries.
 The phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) is a silky-flycatcher found in the scrublands of western United States from central California south to Mexico and east to Texas. Like the waxwings, it has a crest on its head. Males are black and females are gray. It has a long tails and white wing patches. It eats mistletoe berries, but also eats juniper berries, elderberries, and insects if it can't find mistletoe.
 Endangered in N.H.
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 Threatened in N.H.
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 Introduced
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 Endangered in U.S.
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 Threatened in U.S.
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 Breeds in N.H.
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Other North American Species |
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
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Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher
Gray Silky-flycatcher
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Phainopepla
Palmchat
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