Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Alternate-leaved Dogwood
(Cornus alternifolia)

Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)

Bombycilla cedrorum * **
(Cedar Waxwing)

Cardinalis cardinalis *
(Northern Cardinal)

Piranga olivacea **
(Scarlet Tanager)

Ectopistes migratorius
(Passenger Pigeon)

Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American Crow)

Melospiza melodia
(Song Sparrow)

Zonotrichia albicollis
(White-throated Sparrow)

Coccothraustes vespertinus *
(Evening Grosbeak)

Haemorhous purpureus * **
(Purple Finch)

Pinicola enucleator *
(Pine Grosbeak)

Tachycineta bicolor
(Tree Swallow)

Dumetella carolinensis *
(Gray Catbird)

Mimus polyglottos
(Northern Mockingbird)

Toxostoma rufum *
(Brown Thrasher)

Colinus virginianus * ***
(Bobwhite Quail)

Bonasa umbellus * ** ***
(Ruffed Grouse)

Meleagris gallopavo * ** ***
(Wild Turkey)

Phasianus colchicus ***
(Ring-necked Pheasant)

Colaptes auratus *
(Northern Flicker)

Dryocopus pileatus
(Pileated Woodpecker)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus
(Red-headed Woodpecker)

Picoides pubescens *
(Downy Woodpecker)

Sphyrapicus varius * ****
(Yellow-bellied Sapsucker)

Sturnus vulgaris
(European Starling)

Catharus fuscescens * **
(Veery)

Catharus guttatus * **
(Hermit Thrush)

Catharus minimus * **
(Grey-cheeked Thrush)

Catharus ustulatus *
(Swainson's Thrush)

Hylocichla mustelina * **
(Wood Thrush)

Sialia sialis *
(Eastern Bluebird)

Turdus migratorius * **
(American Robin)

Myiarchus crinitus
(Great Crested Flycatcher)

Tyrannus tyrannus * ** 
(Eastern Kingbird)

Vireo gilvus *
(Warbling Vireo)

Vireo olivaceus * **
(Red-eyed Vireo)
 

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* the fruits are a preferred food source
** Alternate-leaved Dogwood is used
for protective cover and/or nest sites
*** the buds are also eaten
**** holes are drilled in the bark to suck sap

Sources: DeGraaf (2002), Beal (1915a),
Beal (1915b), Schorger (1955)

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