Birds Eating the Seeds
or Seedheads of Bulrushes
(Scirpus spp. and
Closely Related Genera)

Bird Names (Scientific & Common)

Cygnus buccinator (Trumpeter Swan)

Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)

Anas americana (American Wigeon)

Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveler)

Anas crecca (Green-winged Teal)

Anas discors (Blue-winged Teal)

Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

Anas rubripes (Black Duck)

Anas strepera (Gadwall)

Aythya affinis (Lesser Scaup)

Aythya americana (Redhead)

Aythya collaris (Ring-necked Duck)

Aythya marila (Greater Scaup)

Aythya valisinera (Canvasback)

Bucephala albeola (Bufflehead)

Bucephala clangula (Common Goldeneye)

Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck)

Fulica americana (American Coot)

Coturnicops noveboracensis (Yellow Rail)

Porzana carolina (Sora)

Rallus limicola (Virginia Rail)

Gallinago delicata (Wilson Snipe)

Calidris canutus rufa (Red Knot)

Calidris himantopus (Stilt Sandpiper)

Calidris melanotos (Pectoral Sandpiper)

Limnodromus griseus (Short-billed Dowitcher)

Limnodromus scolopaceus (Long-billed Dowitcher)

Limosa haemastica (Hudsonian Godwit)

Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken)

Melospiza georgiana (Swamp Sparrow)

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Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Devore et al. (2004), Bellrose (1942/1976),
Schwartz (1945)

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