Birds Eating the Seeds
of Panicum virgatum
(Switch
Grass)
| Bird Species | |
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Porzana carolina | Sora Rail |
| Branta canadensis* | Canada Goose |
| Phasianus colchicus | Ring-Necked Pheasant |
| Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey |
| Colinus virginianus | Bobwhite Quail |
| Zenaida macroura | Mourning Dove |
| Agelaius phoeniceus | Redwing Blackbird |
| Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink |
| Molothrus ater | Cowbird |
| Spiza americana | Dickcissel |
| Passerina caerulea | Blue Grosbeak |
| Passerina ciris | Painted Bunting |
| Junco hyemalis** | Slate-Colored Junco |
| Eremophila alpestris | Horned Lark |
| Spizella arborea** | Tree Sparrow |
| Spizella pallida | Clay-Colored Sparrow |
| Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow |
| Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow |
| Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow |
| Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow |
| Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow |
| Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln Sparrow |
| Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow |
| Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow |
| Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow |
| Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow |
| Zonotrichia albicollis | White-Throated Sparrow |
| Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-Crowned Sparrow |
| Calcarius lapponicus** | Lapland Longspur |
| Calcarius pictus** | Smith Longspur |
*also eats foliage, **winter only