Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Hawthorn Trees
(Crataegus spp.)



Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)


Aix sponsa
(Wood Duck)

Bombycilla cedrorum *
(Cedar Waxwing)

Cardinalis cardinalis **
(Northern Cardinal)

Cyanocitta cristata **
(Blue Jay)

Passerella iliaca * **
(Fox 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)

Colinus virginianus
(Bobwhite Quail)

Bonasa umbellus * §
(Ruffed Grouse)

Meleagris gallopavo
(Wild Turkey)

Phasianus colchicus
(Ring-necked Pheasant)

Colaptes auratus
(Northern Flicker)

Sphyrapicus varius §§
(Yellow-bellied Sapsucker)

Conuropsis carolinensis
(Carolina Parakeet)

Catharus guttatus
(Hermit Thrush)

Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)

Turdus migratorius **
(American Robin)



* the fruits are a preferred food source
** provides protective cover and/or nesting sites
§ the buds and young leaves are also eaten
§§ drills holes in wood & sucks sap

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
DeGraaf (2002), Bennetts (1900), Meanley (1956),
Snyder (2004), Beal (1915a), Beal (1915b)

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