Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Greenbriers
(Smilax spp.)

 

Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)

Bombycilla cedrorum
(Cedar Waxwing)

Cardinalis cardinalis * **
(Northern Cardinal)

Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American Crow)

Corvus ossifragus
(Fish Crow)

Passerella iliaca *
(Fox Sparrow)

Zonotrichia albicollis *
(White-throated Sparrow)

Quiscalus quisculus
(Common Grackle)

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)

Tympanuchus cupido
(Greater Prairie Chicken)

Colaptes auratus
(Northern Flicker)

Dryocopus pileatus
(Pileated Woodpecker)

Melanerpes carolinus
(Red-bellied Woodpecker)

Catharus fuscescens
(Veery)

Catharus guttatus *
(Hermit Thrush)

Catharus minimus *
(Grey-cheeked Thrush)

Catharus ustulatus *
(Swainson's Thrush)

Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)

Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)



* provides protective cover
** provides nesting habitat

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
DeGraaf (2002), DeVore et al. (2004),
Bennetts (1900), Beal (1915a), Beal (1915b),
Malmborg & Wilson (1988)

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