Birds Eating the Seeds
of Upland Panic Grasses
(Panicum spp. &
Dichanthelium spp.)

Bird Names (Scientific & Common)

Colinus virginianus (Bobwhite Quail)

Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)

Phasianus colchicus (Ring-necked Pheasant)

Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken)

Scolopax minor (American Woodcock)

Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)

Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)

Anthus rubescens (American Pipit)

Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)

Passerina caerulea (Blue Grosbeak)

Spiza americana (Dickcissel)

Agelaius phoeniceus (Redwing Blackbird)

Molothrus ater (Cowbird)

Sturnella magna (Eastern Meadowlark)

Sturnella neglecta (Western Meadowlark)

Certhia americana (Brown Creeper)

Setophaga pinus (Pine Warbler)

Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)

Ammodramus henslowii (Henslow's Sparrow)

Ammodramus savannarum (Grasshopper Sparrow)

Chondestes grammacus (Lark Sparrow)

* Junco hyemalis (Slate-colored Junco)

Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's Sparrow)

Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)

Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)

Pooecetes gramineus (Vesper Sparrow)

Spizella pallida (Clay-colored Sparrow)

Spizella passerina (Chipping Sparrow)

Spizella pusilla (Field Sparrow)

* Spizelloides arborea (Tree Sparrow)

Zonotrichia albicollis (White-throated Sparrow)

Zonotrichia leucophrys (White-crowned Sparrow)

Zonotrichia querula (Harris Sparrow)

* Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur)

* Calcarius pictus (Smith's Longspur)

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* eats seeds during winter primarily

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Bellrose (1942/1976), Schwartz (1945)

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