Birds Eating the Seeds
of Setaria spp. (Foxtails)

Bird Species  
Scientific Name Common Name
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail
Perdix perdix Gray Partridge
Phasianus colchicus Ring-Necked Pheasant
Tympanuchus cupido Greater Prairie Chicken
Colinus virginianus Bobwhite Quail
Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
Ectopistes migratorius* Passenger Pigeon
Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus Redwing Blackbird
Sturnella magna Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta Western Meadowlark
Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink
Cardinalis cardinalis Cardinal
Molothrus ater Cowbird
Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea Blue Grosbeak
Passerina ciris Painted Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting
Spiza americana Dickcissel
Pipilio erythrophthalmus Red-Eyed Towhee
Eremophila alpestris Horned Lark
Calcarius pictus Smith's Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur
Junco hyemalis Slate-Colored Junco
Passer domesticus House Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis White-Throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophyrs White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula Harris Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus Vesper Sparrow
Spizella arborea Tree Sparrow
Spizella pallida Clay-Colored Sparrow
Spizella passerina Chipping Sparrow
Spizella pusilla Field Sparrow
Passerella iliaca Fox Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus Lark Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii Lincoln Sparrow
Melospiza melodia Song Sparrow

*extinct

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