Bombycilla garrulus Linnaeus 1758 (Bohemian waxwing)

Aves - Passeriformes - Bombycillidae

Alternative combination: Lanius garrulus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Bombycilla according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Bombycilla cedrorum

Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution: found only at Dyuktai Cave (Holocene layers) (Quaternary of Russian Federation)

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