Birds Eating the Seeds
of Ragweed
(Ambrosia spp.)
Bird Names
(Scientific
& Common)
Bombycilla cedrorum
(Cedar Waxwing)
Plectrophenax nivalis *
(Snow Bunting)
Cardinalis cardinalis
(Northern Cardinal)
Passerina cyanea
(Indigo Bunting)
Zenaida macroura
(Mourning Dove)
Ammodramus henslowii
(Henslow's Sparrow)
Chondestes grammacus
(Lark Sparrow)
Junco hyemalis *
(Slate-colored Junco)
Melospiza georgiana
(Swamp Sparrow)
Melospiza lincolnii
(Lincoln's Sparrow)
Melospiza melodia
(Song Sparrow)
Passerculus sandwichensis
(Savannah Sparrow)
Passerella iliaca
(Fox Sparrow)
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
(Eastern Towhee)
Pooecetes gramineus
(Vesper Sparrow)
Spizella passerina
(Chipping Sparrow)
Spizella pusilla
(Field Sparrow)
Spizelloides arborea *
(American Tree Sparrow)
Zonotrichia albicollis
(White-throated Sparrow)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
(White-crowned Sparrow)
Zonotrichia querula
(Harris Sparrow)
Acanthis flammea *
(Common Redpoll)
Haemorhous purpureus *
(Purple Finch)
Loxia curvirostra *
(Red Crossbill)
Loxia leucoptera *
(White-winged Crossbill)
Pinicola enucleator *
(Pine Grosbeak)
Spinus tristis
(American Goldfinch)
Agelaius phoeniceus
(Red-winged Blackbird)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
(Bobolink)
Euphagus carolinus
(Rusty Blackbird)
Molothrus ater
(Brown-headed Cowbird)
Quiscalus quiscula
(Common Grackle)
Anthus rubescens
(American Pipit)
Baeolophus bicolor
(Tufted Titmouse)
Poecile atricapillus
(Black-capped Chickadee)
Poecile carolinensis
(Carolina Chickadee)
Passer domesticus
(House Sparrow)
Colinus virginianus
(Bobwhite Quail)
Perdix perdix
(Hungarian Partridge)
Phasianus colchicus
(Ring-necked Pheasant)
Tympanuchus cupido
(Greater Prairie Chicken)
Scolopax minor
(American Woodcock)
Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)
Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)
* eats seeds primarily during the winter
Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961), Beal (1915),
Bellrose (1942/1976), Devore et al. (2004),
Havera (1999), Yeatter (1943), Schwartz (1945)
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