Phylogeny of the Waxwings and Allied Birds

by M. Dale Arvey

Bombycilla garrula centralasiae Poljakov, Mess. Orn. vi:137, 1915.

Diagnosis.—Coloration: As described for the subspecies garrula, but less Vinaceous dorsally, and more Cinnamon; venter lighter gray than garrula, and much paler than pallidiceps.

Measurements.—Wing 114.7, tail 63.0, culmen 12.2, tarsus 21.0.

Range.—Asia; breeds northern Siberia south to Vladivostok; winters to Turkestan and central eastern China and Japan.

Bombycilla garrula pallidiceps Reichenow

Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrula pallidiceps Reichenow, Orn. Monats. 16:191, 1908.

Diagnosis.—Coloration: As described for the species, but more grayish above and below than B. g. garrula; darker gray than in centralasiae.

Measurements.—Wing 115.1, tail 71.7, culmen 12.6, tarsus 21.1.

Range.—Breeds from western Alaska to northern Mackenzie and northwestern Manitoba south to southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, northern Idaho, and possibly Colorado (Bergtold 1924) and Montana (Burleigh 1929); winters east to Nova Scotia and irregularly over much of Canada, and south irregularly to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, California, Arizona, and Texas.