waxwings

wax*wing

noun

{bc}any of a genus ({it}Bombycilla{/it}) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray oscine birds (such as a cedar waxwing) having a showy crest, red waxy material on the tips of the secondaries, and a yellow band on the tip of the tail

cedar waxwing

noun

{bc}a brown gregarious American waxwing ({it}Bombycilla cedrorum{/it}) with a yellow band on the tip of the tail and a pale yellow belly