Cage & Aviary Birds Magazine

7 December 2022

Waxwings! These gorgeous tufted softbills exert an irresistible appeal, the world’s three species all cherished when available to birdkeepers. We home in on the smallest, the cedar waxwing of North America, a forest-dweller and migrant whose movements are sometimes slowed up by bouts of intoxication from eating fermented fruit. (True.) In the canary world, a piece of history: we explain the unique plumage change from dark to light that distinguishes the true London fancy canary: a breed whose time surely has come for official global recognition. Owls, softbills, finches and budgies also feature in the mix this issue.