Birds Eating the Seeds
of Carex spp.
(Sedges)
| Bird Species | |
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Fulica americana | American Coot |
| Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard |
| Anas discors | Blue-Winged Teal |
| Aix sponsa | Wood Duck |
| Porzana carolina | Sora |
| Rallus limicola | Virginia Rail |
| Himantopus mexicanus | Black-Necked Stilt |
| Phasianus colchicus | Ring-Necked Pheasant |
| Tympanuchus cupido | Greater Prairie Chicken |
| Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey |
| Scolopax minor | American Woodcock |
| Bonasa umbellus* | Ruffed Grouse |
| Plectrophenax nivalis** | Snow Bunting |
| Calcarius lapponicus** | Lapland Longspur |
| Junco hyemalis** | Slate-Colored Junco |
| Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow |
| Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow |
| Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow |
| Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow |
| Spizella arborea | Tree Sparrow |
| Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow |
| Pipilio erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee |
| Eremophila alpestris | Horned Lark |
| Cardinalis cardinalis | Cardinal |
| Passerina ciris*** | Painted Bunting |
*young birds eat seeds, **winter only, ***recent immigrant of Illinois