Birds Eating the Seeds
of Pines (Pinus spp.)
Bird Species | |
Scientific Name | Common Name |
Myiopsitta monachus * | Monk Parakeet |
Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey |
Colinus virginianus | Bobwhite |
Melanerpes carolinus | Red-Bellied Woodpecker |
Toxostoma rufum | Brown Thrasher |
Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee |
Coccothraustes vespertinus ** | Evening Grosbeak |
Pinicola enucleator ** | Pine Grosbeak |
Sitta canadensis | Red-Breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta carolinensis | White-Breasted Nuthatch |
Certhia americana | Brown Creeper |
Poecile atricapillus | Black-Capped Chickadee |
Poecile carolinensis | Carolina Chickadee |
Carduelis flammea ** | Common Redpoll |
Carduelis pinus ** | Pine Siskin |
Loxia curvirostra ** | Red Crossbill |
Loxia leucoptera ** | White-Winged Crossbill |
Junco hyemalis ** | Slate-Colored Junco |
Dendroica pinus | Pine Warbler |
*
this pet bird has naturalized in the Chicago area,
** in Illinois, feeds on pine seeds during the winter