Wax-wing (Ampelis), a genus of small passerine birds in which the secondary quills of the wings, and sometimes other feathers of wings or tail, are tipped with red horny appendages like sealing-wax. There are three species: the Bohemian Wax-wing or Chatterer (A. garrulus), found in the northern hemisphere of both old and new worlds; the Japanese Wax-wing (A. phœnicoptera); and the smaller Caroline Wax-wing or Cedar-bird (A. cedrorum).