Bohemian Waxwing

The Bohemian waxwing is a starling-sized bird 19–23 centimetres long with a wingspan of 32–35.5 centimetres and an average weight of 55 grams. It is short-tailed, mainly brownish-grey, with a conspicuous crest. The male of the nominate subspecies has a black mask through the eye and a black throat, a white streak behind the bill and a white curve below the eye, a rich chestnut lower belly and cinnamon around the mask. The rump is grey and the tail ends in a bright yellow band with a broad black border above it. (Wikipedia, general species account)

It breeds in the northern forests of the Palearctic and North America. The wings are patterned with white and bright yellow, and some wing feathers have red tips whose resemblance to sealing wax gives these birds their name. The two or three subspecies differ only minimally. Females resemble males, though young birds are less well marked and have few or no waxy wingtips. (Wikipedia, general species account)