Birds Eating the Foliage
and Seeds of Pondweeds
(Potamogeton spp.)




Bird Names
(Scientific & Common)

Aix sponsa * **
(Wood Duck)

Anas acuta * **
(Northern Pintail)

Anas americana * **
(American Wigeon)

Anas clypeata * **
(Northern Shoveler)

Anas crecca carolinensis * **
(Green-winged Teal)

Anas discors * **
(Blue-winged Teal)

Anas platyrhynchos * **
(Mallard)

Anas rubripes * **
(Black Duck)

Anas strepera * **
(Gadwall)

Aythya affinis * **
(Lesser Scaup)

Aythya americana * **
(Redhead)

Aythya collaris * **
(Ring-necked Duck)

Aythya marila * **
(Greater Scaup)

Aythya valisineria * **
(Canvasback)

Bucephala albeola * **
(Bufflehead)

Bucephala clangula * **
(Common Goldeneye)

Cygnus buccinator *
(Trumpeter Swan)

Oxyura jamaicensis * **
(Ruddy Duck)

Fulica americana * **
(Common Coot)

Rallus elegans **
(King Rail)

Rallus limicola **
(Virginia Rail)

Recurvirostra americana **
(American Avocet)

Calidris canutus rufa **
(Red Knot)

Calidris himantopus **
(Stilt Sandpiper)

Calidris melanotus **
(Pectoral Sandpiper)

Gallinago delicata **
(Wilson's Snipe)

Limnodromus griseus **
(Short-billed Dowitcher)



* feeds on foliage, ** feeds on seeds

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961), Havera (1999),
Bellrose (1942/1976), Devore et al. (2004)

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