Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Eastern Red Cedar
(Juniperus virginiana)

Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)

Bombycilla cedrorum
(Cedar Waxwing)

Ectopistes migratorius *
(Passenger Pigeon)

Passerella iliaca
(Fox Sparrow)

Zonotrichia albicollis
(White-throated Sparrow)

Haemorhous purpureus
(Purple Finch)

Loxia leucoptera
(White-winged Crossbill)

Pinicola enucleator
(Pine Grosbeak)

Tachycineta bicolor
(Tree Swallow)

Mimus polyglottos
(Northern Mockingbird)

Toxostoma rufum
(Brown Thrasher)

Setophaga coronata
(Yellow-rumped Warbler)

Colaptes auratus
(Northern Flicker)

Sphyrapicus varius **
(Yellow-bellied Sapsucker)

Sturnus vulgaris
(European Starling)

Catharus guttatus
(Hermit Thrush)

Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)

Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)
 

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* this bird is extinct,
** also drills holes in the wood for sap

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Schorger (1955), DeVore et al. (2004)

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