Cedar Waxwing

Audubon knew this as the Cedar Bird. The waxwing name comes from the small red tips on the wing feathers, which look like drops of sealing wax.

Its close relative, the Bohemian waxwing, arrives in Britain in some winters in large numbers and strips rowan and cotoneaster berries in supermarket car parks.

Based on plate 43 of Audubon's The Birds of America.