Birds Eating the Seeds
of Crabgrass (Digitaria spp.)

Bird Names (Scientific & Common)

Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

Anas strepera (Gadwall)

Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)

Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken)

Colinus virginianus (Bobwhite Quail)

Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)

Molothrus ater (Cowbird)

Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)

Anthus rubescens (American Pipit)

* Junco hyemalis (Slate-colored Junco)

Melospiza georgiana (Swamp Sparrow)

Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's Sparrow)

Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)

Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)

Spizella pallida (Clay-colored Sparrow)

Spizella passerina (Chipping Sparrow)

Spizella pusilla (Field Sparrow)

* Spizelloides arborea (Tree Sparrow)

Zonotrichia leucophrys (White-crowned Sparrow)

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* eats seeds during the winter primarily

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961), Havera (1999),
Anderson (1959), Bellrose (1942/1976),
Schwartz (1945)

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