Birds Eating the Fruit
of Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)

Bird Species  
Scientific Name Common Name
Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing
Cardinalis cardinalis Cardinal
Catharus fuscescens Veery
Catharus guttatus Hermit Thrush
Catharus ustulatus Swainson's Thrush
Coccothraustes vespertinus Evening Grosbeak
Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker
Ectopistes migratorius * Passenger Pigeon
Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush
Turdus migratorius Robin
Vireo olivaceus Red-Eyed Vireo

Note: These are examples of the more typical bird species that eat the fruits.

* this bird is now extinct

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