Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyBombycillidae (Waxwings)
- GenusBombycilla (Waxwings)
- SpeciesBombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing)
Closest Relatives at Death Valley National Park
Common Raven
Corvus corax
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Verdin
Auriparus flaviceps
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cedar Waxwing in Death Valley National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Cedar Waxwing sighting in Death Valley National Park, based on 162 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cedar Waxwing in Death Valley National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Cedar Waxwing in Death Valley National Park in our monthly data.