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Bohemian waxwing migration Bombycilla garrulus
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| Scientific name | Bombycilla garrulus |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 34 cm |
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 860,815 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q26135 (CC0).
When does the Bohemian waxwing arrive in the UK?
A winter visitor in the records: numbers build from late October and stay high until about mid March.
Bars: this speciesâ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 10,751 UK records. Weekly counts from the GBIF occurrence search API (country=GB). Dates are read from records, not from a survey, so treat them as a guide.
When do they arrive in and leave the UK? â
Migration in the data
860,815 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In Europe and Africa, the centre of the records stays between 60°N and 66°N all year: the shift is small at this scale.
Month by month: centre of records in Europe and Africa
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 60°N | 0% |
| February | 60°N | 0% |
| March | 60°N | 0% |
| April | 60°N | 0% |
| May | 66°N | 0% |
| June | 66°N | 0% |
| July | 66°N | 0% |
| August | 66°N | 0% |
| September | 65°N | 0% |
| October | 63°N | 0% |
| November | 61°N | 0% |
| December | 60°N | 0% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the Bohemian waxwing
The Bohemian waxwing is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of the Palearctic and North America. It has mainly buff-grey plumage, black face markings and a pointed crest. Its wings are patterned with white and bright yellow, and some of the wing feathers have red tips, the resemblance of which to sealing wax gives these birds their common name. âŠ
From the Wikipedia article âBohemian waxwingâ (revision 1380656700), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2484605&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.