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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