Birds Eating the Fruits
of Pokeweed
(Phytolacca americana)




Bird Names
(Scientific & Common)

Bombycilla cedrorum
(Cedar Waxwing)

Pheucticus ludovicianus
(Rose-breasted Grosbeak)

Ectopistes migratorius *
(Passenger Pigeon)

Zenaida macroura
(Mourning Dove)

Dumetella carolinensis
(Gray Catbird)

Mimus polyglottos
(Northern Mockingbird)

Icteria virens
(Yellow-breasted Chat)

Colaptes auratus
(Northern Flicker)

Picoides villosus
(Hairy Woodpecker)

Sphyrapicus varius
(Yellow-bellied Sapsucker)

Sturnus vulgaris
(European Starling)

Catharus fuscescens
(Veery)

Catharus guttatus
(Hermit Thrush)

Catharus minimus
(Grey-cheeked Thrush)

Catharus ustulatus
(Swainson's Thrush)

Hylocichla mustelina
(Wood Thrush)

Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)

Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)

Myiarchus crinitus
(Great Crested Flycatcher)

Tyrannus tyrannus
(Eastern Kingbird)

Vireo gilvus
(Warbling Vireo)



* extinct

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Wilhelm & Rericha (2017), Schorger (1955),
Lewis (1993), DeVore et al. (2004),
Beal (1915), Malmborg & Wilson (1988)

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