Bohemian waxwing (English spelling: Bombycilla garrulus)

Japanese: キレンジャク（英語表記）Bombycilla garrulus; Bohemian waxwing

Passerine, Waxwing family. Total length 20cm. The tips of the black tail feathers are bright yellow and stand out, which explains the name. It is stocky overall, and the crest (→ crest), head, back, chest and belly are very light brown with a burgundy hue. The lower back to the upper tail feathers are very light brown with a bluish hue, and the center of the throat and the eye line are black. The wings are generally black, the tips of the primary coverts are white, and the tips of the primary flight feathers are yellow. At the tips of the secondary flight feathers are small red protuberances that are just the rachis. When the wings are closed, they come together and look like red sealing wax used to seal letters, which is why it was given its English name. It breeds widely in forests in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, and spends the winter in the mid-latitudes of Europe, Asia, and North America. It migrates to Japan every year as a winter bird (→ migratory bird), but the places and numbers of migration vary greatly from year to year. They can be found in groups in low mountains, forests on flatlands, urban forests, parks, and gardens, and in addition to the fruits of mistletoe, ivy, and ivy, they also like to come down to the ground to eat the fruits of Ophiopogon. They are loved for their fearlessness and beautiful appearance and plumage. In the same waxwing family, there is the red waxwing, which has a similar body shape but has red tips on its tail feathers, flight feathers, and talons.

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Japanese:

スズメ目レンジャク科。全長 20cm。黒い尾羽の先端部が鮮黄色で目立ち，名を示している。全体にずんぐりしており，冠羽（→羽冠），頭部，背，胸と腹はぶどう色を帯びたごく淡い褐色である。腰から上尾筒は青みを帯びたごく淡い褐色で，喉の中央部と過眼線は黒い。翼は全体として黒く，初列雨覆の先は白色，初列風切の先は黄色である。次列風切の先端に羽軸だけの赤い小突起がある。翼を閉じるとそれがまとまり，手紙などの封印として使う赤い封ろう（ワックス）のように見えることから英名がつけられた。北半球の高緯度地域の森林に広く繁殖分布し，ヨーロッパやアジア，北アメリカの中緯度地域に渡って越冬する。日本には，毎年冬鳥（→渡り鳥）として渡来するが，年により渡来場所や数に大きな変化がある。低山から平地の林や都会の林，公園，庭などに群れになって見られ，ヤドリギやキヅタ，ツタなどの実のほか，地上に降りてジャノヒゲの実なども好んで食べる。人おじしないことと，姿，羽色が美しいので親しまれている。同じレンジャク科に，体つきがそっくりだが，尾羽，風切，大雨覆それぞれの先端が紅色のヒレンジャクがいる。

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