Birds Eating the Seeds
of Upland Sedges (Carex spp.)
in Sunny Areas

Bird Names (Scientific & Common)

Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)

Phasianus colchicus (Ring-necked Pheasant)

Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken)

Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)

Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)

Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)

Ammodramus savannarum (Grasshopper Sparrow)

Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's Sparrow)

Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)

Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)

*Spizella arborea (Tree Sparrow)

*Junco hyemalis (Slate-colored Junco)

*Carduelis flammea (Common Redpoll)

*Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur)

*Calcarius pictus (Smith's Longspur)

*Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting)

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* eats seeds during the winter

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Devore et al. (2004), Bellrose (1942/1976)

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