Birds Eating the Fruit
of Crab Apple Trees
(Malus spp.)
| Bird Species |
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Bonasa umbellum* | Ruffed Grouse |
| Phasianus colchicus | Ring-Necked Pheasant |
| Tympanuchus cupido | Greater Prairie Chicken |
| Colinus virginianus | Bobwhite Quail |
| Myiospitta monachus | Monk Parakeet |
| Melanerpes carolina | Red-Bellied Woodpecker |
| Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-Headed Woodpecker |
| Picoides pubescens | Downy Woodpecker |
| Picoides villosus | Hairy Woodpecker |
| Sphyrapiens varius | Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker |
| Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker |
| Cyanocitta cristata | Blue Jay |
| Corvus brachyrhynchus | American Crow |
| Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle |
| Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird |
| Sturnus vulgaris | Starling |
| Bombycilla cedrorum | Cedar Waxwing |
| Icterus galbula | Baltimore Oriole |
| Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole |
| Dumetella carolinensis | Catbird |
| Turdus migratorius | Robin |
| Sialia sialis | Eastern Bluebird |
| Baeolophus bicolor | Tufted Titmouse |
| Pipilio erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee |
| Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch |
| Carpodacus purpureus* | Purple Finch |
| Zonotrichia albicollis* | White-Throated Sparrow |
*feeds on buds
Note: songbirds peck at the larger fruits, rather than carry them around
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