Plus, they have shorter yellow legs. The head, chest ... of their bodies are dark brown or black. Their wings have white patches underneath. Inseminating birds have a bright red patch on their ...

and con­­spic­uous wing bars contrast with black wings (yellow upper bar, lower white bar) and bright red head. Breeding female: duller, mostly green­ish ­yellow below, grayish back and wings ...

The waxwing is a plump bird, which is slightly smaller than a starling. It has a big crest and is reddish-brown with a black throat, yellow and white in the wings and a yellow-tipped tail.

Wings black with very extensive white wing patch on coverts; flight feathers also widely fringed white. Black tail with an orange base to outer rectrices. Female: orange to orange-yellow on head ...