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Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus · Family Bombycillidae
Bombycilla garrulus
Family Bombycillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Bombycillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,167,731
- Countries and territories with records
- 76
About this species
This species has 1,167,731 occurrence records from 76 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (35.5%), Canada (16.8%), Finland (14.3%), Norway (8.1%) and the United States (7.4%); together they account for 82.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.41% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Bombycilla garrulus combines the genus name Bombycilla with the species epithet garrulus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Bombycilla; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Bombycilla cedrorum and Bombycilla japonica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 3 species of the family Bombycillidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Bombycilla cedrorum. Its record count is 41.5% of the family average (2,811,344). The family Bombycillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.