Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Virginia Creeper
(Parthenocissus quinquefolia)



Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)

Piranga olivacea
(Scarlet Tanager)

Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American Crow)

Passerella iliaca *
(Fox Sparrow)

Haemorhous purpureus
(Purple Finch)

Tachycineta bicolor
(Tree Swallow)

Quiscalus quiscula
(Common Grackle)

Dumetella carolinensis
(Gray Catbird)

Northern Mockingbird *
(Mimus polyglottos)

Toxostoma rufum *
(Brown Thrasher)

Colinus virginianus
(Bobwhite Quail)

Baeolophus bicolor
(Tufted Titmouse)

Poecile atricapillus
(Black-capped Chickadee)

Setophaga castanea
(Bay-breasted Warbler) *

Setophaga coronata *
(Yellow-rumped Warbler)

Passer domesticus
(House Sparrow)

Meleagris gallopavo
(Wild Turkey)

Colaptes auratus
(Northern Flicker)

Dryocopus pileatus *
(Pileated Woodpecker)

Melanerpes carolinus *
(Red-bellied Woodpecker)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus
(Red-headed Woodpecker)

Picoides pubescens
(Downy Woodpecker)

Picoides villosus
(Hairy Woodpecker)

Sphyrapicus varius
(Yellow-bellied Sapsucker) *

Sitta carolinensis
(White-breasted Nuthatch)

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)

Myiarchus crinitus *
(Great Crested Flycatcher)

Tyrannus tyrannus *
(Eastern Kingbird)

Vireo griseus
(White-eyed Vireo)

Vireo olivaceus
(Red-eyed Vireo)



* a preferred source of food

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

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