Birds Eating the Seeds
of Goosefoot &
Lamb's Quarters
(Chenopodium spp.)




Bird Names
(Scientific & Common)

Eremophila alpestris
(Horned Lark)

Calcarius lapponicus *
(Lapland Longspur)

Plectrophenax nivalis *
(Snow Bunting)

Zenaida macroura
(Mourning Dove)

Junco hyemalis *
(Slate-colored Junco)

Melospiza georgiana
(Swamp Sparrow)

Melospiza lincolnii
(Lincoln Sparrow)

Melospiza melodia
(Song Sparrow)

Passerculus sandwichensis
(Savannah Sparrow)

Pooecetes gramineus
(Vesper Sparrow)

Spizella pallida
(Clay-colored Sparrow)

Spizella passerina
(Chipping Sparrow)

Spizella pusilla
(Field Sparrow)

Spizelloides arborea *
(American Tree Sparrow)

Zonotrichia leucophrys
(White-crowned Sparrow)

Zonotrichia quercula
(Harris Sparrow)

Acanthis flammea *
(Common Redpoll)

Spinus tristis
(American Goldfinch)

Passer domesticus
(House Sparrow)



* eats seeds primarily during the winter in Illinois

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961)

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