Birds Eating the Seeds
of Oats
(Avena sativa)
Bird Names
(Scientific
& Common)
Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)
* Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)
Grus canadensis (Sandhill Crane)
Leucophaeus pipixcan (Franklin's Gull)
Perdix perdix (Gray Partridge)
Phasianus colchicus (Ring-necked Pheasant)
Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken)
** Ectopistes migratorius (Passenger Pigeon)
Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)
Corvus brachyrhynchos (American Crow)
Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch)
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink)
Euphagus carolinus (Rusty Blackbird)
Molothrus ater (Cowbird)
Quiscalus quiscula (Common Grackle)
Sturnella magna (Eastern Meadowlark)
Sturnella neglecta (Western Meadowlark)
Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)
Passerina caerulea (Blue Grosbeak)
Passerina cyanea (Indigo Bunting)
Pheucticus ludovicianus (Rose-breasted Grosbeak)
Spiza americana (Dickcissel)
Turdus migratorius (American Robin)
Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)
Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)
Ammodramus savannarum (Grasshopper Sparrow)
Chondestes grammacus (Lark Sparrow)
Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)
Pipilio erythrophthalmus (Eastern Towhee)
Pooecetes gramineus (Vesper Sparrow)
Spizella passerina (Chipping Sparrow)
Spizella pusilla (Field Sparrow)
Spizelloides arborea (Tree Sparrow)
Zonotrichia albicollis (White-throated Sparrow)
Zonotrichia leucophrys (White-crowned Sparrow)
Zonotrichia querula (Harris Sparrow)
Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting)
* also eats the foliage, ** extinct
Sources:
Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Lewis (1993), Bellrose (1942/1976),
Schorger (1955)
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