Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Dogwood Trees/Shrubs
(Cornus spp.)



Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)


Aix sponsa
(Wood Duck)

Bombycilla cedrorum *
(Cedar Waxwing)

Cardinalis cardinalis * **
(Northern Cardinal)

Piranga olivacea *
(Scarlet Tanager)

Ectopistes migratorius
(Passenger Pigeon)

Corvus brachyrhynchos *
(American Crow)

Zonotrichia albicollis
(White-throated Sparrow)

Coccothraustes vespertinus *
(Evening Grosbeak)

Haemorhous purpureus *
(Purple Finch)

Pinicola enucleator *
(Pine Grosbeak)

Tachycineta bicolor
(Tree Swallow)

Euphagus carolinus
(Rusty Blackbird)

Dumetella carolinensis * **
(Gray Catbird)

Mimus polyglottos **
(Northern Mockingbird)

Toxostoma rufum * **
(Brown Thrasher)

Colinus virginianus * **

(Bobwhite Quail)

Setophaga pinus *
(Pine Warbler)

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

Meleagris gallopavo * **
(Wild Turkey)

Phasianus colchicus **
(Ring-necked Pheasant)

Tympanuchus cupido
(Greater Prairie Chicken)

Colaptes auratus *
(Northern Flicker)

Dryocopus pileatus
(Pileated Woodpecker)

Melanerpes carolinus
(Red-bellied Woodpecker)

Picoides pubescens *
(Downy Woodpecker)

Picoides villosus
(Hairy 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)

Hylocicha 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)

Vireo solitarius
(Blue-headed Vireo)



* the fruits are a preferred food source
** used for protective cover and/or nest sites
*** the buds are also eaten

Sources: DeGraaf (2002), Beal (1915a),
Beal (1915b), Schorger (1955), Yeatter (1943),
Martin et al. (1951/1961), DeVore et al. (2004)

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