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Dietary Effects
Cedar Waxwing
The tips of the tail are usually yellow as seen in the first picture. If the bird eats berries (containing rhodoxanthin) from a honeysuckle bush while the tail feathers are growing the coloration becomes more orange as seen in the second picture.
 Article on dietary coloration
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