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