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Any of several fruit-eating birds of the family Bombycillidae, order Passeriformes. They are found in the northern hemisphere. The Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus of North America and Eurasia is about 18 cm/7 in long, and is greyish-brown above with a reddish-chestnut crest, black streak at the eye, and variegated wings. It undertakes mass migrations in some years. See also cedar waxwing.
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Indeed, during the winter of 2004-05, France witnessed a large and unexpected invasion of Bohemian waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) (10), a species known to migrate from circumpolar areas where pseudotuberculosis is endemic.
Sudden onset of pseudotuberculosis in humans, France, 2004-05 by Vincent, Pascal; Leclercq, Alexandre; Martin, Liliane; Duez, Jean-Marie; Simonet, Michel; Carniel, E / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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