Birds Eating the Seeds
or Seedheads of Smartweeds
(Persicaria spp.)

Bird Species  
Common Name Scientific Name
Tundra SwanCynus columbianus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Green-Winged TealAnas crecca
Blue-Winged TealAnas discors
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black Duck Anas rubripes
GadwallAnas strepera
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-Necked DuckAythya collaris
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Wilson SnipeGallinago delicata
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Short-Billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Long-Billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
SoraPorzana carolina
King RailRallus elegans
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Redwing Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Cowbird Molothrus ater
Rose-Breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Slate-Colored Junco* Junco hyemalis
Common Redpoll*Carduelis flammea
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
Henslow SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
White-Throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
White-Crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
* winter only

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