Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyBombycillidae (Waxwings)
- GenusBombycilla (Waxwings)
- SpeciesBombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing)
Closest Relatives at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Canyon Towhee
Melozone fusca
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Aimophila ruficeps
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
📅 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 Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Cedar Waxwing sighting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, based on 35 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cedar Waxwing in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Cedar Waxwing in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in our monthly data.