Birds Eating the Fruits
of Sumac (Rhus spp.)
Bird Names
(Scientific
& Common)
Bombycilla cedrorum
(Cedar Waxwing)
Cardinalis cardinalis
(Northern Cardinal)
Piranga olivacea
(Scarlet Tanager)
Ectopistes migratorius *
(Passenger Pigeon)
Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American Crow)
Corvus ossifragus
(Fish Crow)
Cyanocitta cristata
(Blue Jay)
Junco hyemalis **
(Slate-colored Junco)
Zonotrichia albicollis
(White-throated Sparrow)
Coccothraustes vespertinus **
(Evening Grosbeak)
Haemorhous purpureus **
(Purple Finch)
Pinicola enucleator **
(Pine Grosbeak)
Dumetella carolinensis
(Gray Catbird)
Mimus polyglottos
(Northern Mockingbird)
Toxostoma rufum
(Brown Thrasher)
Poecile atricapillus **
(Black-capped Chickadee)
Setophaga coronata
(Yellow-rumped Warbler)
Setophaga pinus
(Pine Warbler)
Bonasa umbellus
(Ruffed Grouse)
Colinus virginianus
(Bobwhite Quail)
Meleagris gallopavo
(Wild Turkey)
Phasianus colchicus
(Ring-necked Pheasant)
Tympanuchus cupido
(Greater Prairie Chicken)
Colaptes aureus
(Northern Flicker)
Dryocopus pileatus
(Pileated Woodpecker)
Melanerpes carolinus
(Red-bellied Woodpecker)
Melanerpes erythrocephala
(Red-headed Woodpecker)
Picoides pubescens
(Downy Woodpecker)
Sturnus vulgaris
(European Starling)
Catharus fuscescens
(Veery)
Catharus guttatus
(Hermit Thrush)
Catharus minimus
(Grey-cheeked Thrush)
Catharus ustulatus
(Swainson's Thrush)
Hylocichla mustelina
(Wood Thrush)
Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)
Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)
Sayornis phoebe
(Eastern Phoebe)
Vireo gilvus
(Warbling Vireo)
Vireo olivaceus
(Red-eyed Vireo)
* extinct
** fruit is eaten primarily during the winter in Illinois
Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961), DeGraaf (2002),
Schorger (1955), DeVore et al. (2004), Beal (1915),
Korschgen (1962)
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