Birds Eating the Seeds
of Pines (Pinus spp.)
| Bird Species | |
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Myiopsitta monachus * | Monk Parakeet |
| Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey |
| Colinus virginianus | Bobwhite |
| Melanerpes carolinus | Red-Bellied Woodpecker |
| Toxostoma rufum | Brown Thrasher |
| Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee |
| Coccothraustes vespertinus ** | Evening Grosbeak |
| Pinicola enucleator ** | Pine Grosbeak |
| Sitta canadensis | Red-Breasted Nuthatch |
| Sitta carolinensis | White-Breasted Nuthatch |
| Certhia americana | Brown Creeper |
| Poecile atricapillus | Black-Capped Chickadee |
| Poecile carolinensis | Carolina Chickadee |
| Carduelis flammea ** | Common Redpoll |
| Carduelis pinus ** | Pine Siskin |
| Loxia curvirostra ** | Red Crossbill |
| Loxia leucoptera ** | White-Winged Crossbill |
| Junco hyemalis ** | Slate-Colored Junco |
| Dendroica pinus | Pine Warbler |
*
this pet bird has naturalized in the Chicago area,
** in Illinois, feeds on pine seeds during the winter