 Japanese waxwings often occur in mixed flocks with Bohemian waxwings which, as well as having the row of waxy tips, are slightly larger with a yellow tail-tip, greyish centre to the belly and no reddish-brown stripe across the wing.The Japanese waxwing breeds in coniferous forests in the Russian Far East and in Heilongjiang province, north-east China.It is at some risk of becoming threatened with extinction due to loss and degradation of its forest habitat.