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Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica



Family: Bombycillidae (Waxwings)

Authority: (Siebold, 1824)

Red List Category

Criteria: C1+2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This scarce species is thought to have a moderately small global population size, and is threatened by both habitat loss and persecution for the wild bird trade. It is therefore currently considered Near Threatened, and should be carefully monitored.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 996,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial
AEMLAP

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/japanese-waxwing-bombycilla-japonica on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.