Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of Winterberry
(Ilex verticillata)



Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)


Bombycilla cedrorum
(Cedar Waxwing)

Ectopistes migratorius * ***
(Passenger Pigeon)

Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American Crow)

Agelaius phoeniceus **
(Red-winged Blackbird)

Dumetella carolinensis *
(Gray Catbird)

Mimus polyglottos *
(Northern Mockingbird)

Toxostoma rufum *
(Brown Thrasher)

Colinus virginianus
(Bobwhite Quail)

Colaptes auratus
(Northern Flicker)

Catharus fuscescens **
(Veery)

Catharus guttatus *
(Hermit Thrush)

Catharus minimus
(Grey-cheeked Thrush)

Catharus ustulatus
(Swainson's Thrush)

Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)


Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)



* the fruits are a preferred food source
** provides protective cover and/or nesting habitat
*** extinct

Sources: DeGraaf (2002), Beal (1915a),
Beal (1915b), Schorger (1955)

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