Birds Feeding on the Fruit
of American Holly
(Ilex opaca)



Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)


Bombycilla cedrorum * **
(Cedar Waxwing)

Cardinalis cardinalis **
(Northern Cardinal)

Dumetella carolinensis **
(Gray Catbird)

Mimus polyglottos * **
(Northern Mockingbird)

Toxostoma rufum **
(Brown Thrasher)

Colinus virginianus **
(Bobwhite Quail)

Meleagris gallopavo
(Wild Turkey)

Colaptes auratus
(Northern Flicker)

Melanerpes carolinus
(Red-bellied Woodpecker)

Sphyrapicus varius ***
(Yellow-bellied Sapsucker)

Catharus fuscescens
(Veery)

Catharus guttatus **
(Hermit Thrush)

Catharus ustulatus
(Swainson's Thrush)

Hylocichla mustelina
(Wood Thrush)

Sialia sialis *
(Eastern Bluebird)

Turdus migratorius **
(American Robin)

 



* the fruits are a preferred food source
** provides protective cover and/or nesting habitat
*** feeds on sap

Sources: DeGraaf (2002), Beal (1915a),
Beal (1915b)

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