Birds Eating the Fruit
of Crab Apple Trees
(Malus spp.)
Bird Species |
Scientific Name | Common Name |
Bonasa umbellum* | Ruffed Grouse |
Phasianus colchicus | Ring-Necked Pheasant |
Tympanuchus cupido | Greater Prairie Chicken |
Colinus virginianus | Bobwhite Quail |
Myiospitta monachus | Monk Parakeet |
Melanerpes carolina | Red-Bellied Woodpecker |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-Headed Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens | Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides villosus | Hairy Woodpecker |
Sphyrapiens varius | Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker |
Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker |
Cyanocitta cristata | Blue Jay |
Corvus brachyrhynchus | American Crow |
Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle |
Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird |
Sturnus vulgaris | Starling |
Bombycilla cedrorum | Cedar Waxwing |
Icterus galbula | Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole |
Dumetella carolinensis | Catbird |
Turdus migratorius | Robin |
Sialia sialis | Eastern Bluebird |
Baeolophus bicolor | Tufted Titmouse |
Pipilio erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee |
Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch |
Carpodacus purpureus* | Purple Finch |
Zonotrichia albicollis* | White-Throated Sparrow |
*feeds on buds
Note: songbirds peck at the larger fruits, rather than carry them around
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