Birds Eating the Seeds
of Bur-reeds
(Sparganium spp.)

Scientific Name
& Common Name

Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)

Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)

Anas americana (American Wigeon)

Anas discors (Blue-winged Teal)

Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

Anas rubripes (Black Duck)

Aythya affinis (Lesser Scaup)

Aythya americana (Redhead)

Aythya collaris (Ring-necked Duck)

Aythya marila (Greater Scaup)

Bucephala albeola (Bufflehead)

Grus canadensis (Sandhill Crane)

Fulica americana (Common Coot)

Porzana carolina (Sora)

Rallus elegans (King Rail)

Gallinago delicata (Wilson's Snipe)

Sources: Bellrose (1942/1976),
Martin et al. (1951/1961)