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Birds that use Fruit from Native Plants in Georgia
Birds that use Fruit from Native Plants in Georgia
Species Number of Plants Used
Ruffed Grouse 3
Wild Turkey 5
Northern Bobwhite 13
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 20
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 11
Pileated Woodpecker 13
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Eastern Kingbird 9
White-eyed Vireo 9
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 5
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 6
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 23
Veery 9
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5
Swainson’s Thrush 7
Hermit Thrush 10
Wood Thrush 9
American Robin 24
Gray Catbird 18
Northern Mockingbird 25
Brown Thrasher 20
European Starling 7
Cedar Waxwing 15
Tennessee Warbler 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 7
American Redstart 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 9
Summer Tanager 12
Scarlet Tanager 11
Eastern Towhee 10
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 20
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Blue Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 8
Orchard Oriole 8
Baltimore Oriole 5
Purple Finch 5
House finch 8
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 3
Evening Grosbeak 6
Resource: The Ecology of Fruit-eating Birds in Georgia. 2009 Ferrari, James and Jerry A. Payne
A GOS Occasional Publication No.18
Available from www.gos.org
Native Fruit-bearing Plants that Attract SE Birds
Fruit-bearing Native Plants of Georgia Known to Attract Birds
Plant Number of bird species attracted
Red Mulberry Morus rubra 36
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida 34
Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea 32
Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans 29
Black Cherry Prunus serotina 26
Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica 26
Hackberry Celtis laevigata 23
Blackberry Rubus spp. 21
Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 20
Blueberry Vaccinium spp. 19
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia 19
Grape Vitus spp. 18
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis 17
Beautyberry Callicarpa americana 16
Hawthorne Crataegus spp. 16
Smilax Smilax spp. 16
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana 15
Pokeweed Phytolacca americana 14
Sumac Sumac spp. 14
Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana 11
Muscadine Grape Vitus rotundifolia 11
American Holly Ilex opaca 11
Deciduous Holly Ilex decidua 8
Waxmyrtle Myrica cerifera 9
Sassafras Sassafras albidum 7
Devil’s Walking Stick Aralia spinosa 7
Mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum 5
Gallberry Ilex glabra 4
Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria 3
Plants for Hummingbirds
Bee balm Monarda didyma Blazing star Liatris spicata
Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Pink turtlehead Chelone lyonii Bleeding heart Dicentra eximea
Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Firepink Selene virginica
Virginia bluebells Mertensia virginica Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
Trumpet vine Camsis radicans Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinamomea
Resource: The Ecology of Fruit-eating Birds in Georgia. 2009 Ferrari, James and Jerry A. Payne
A GOS Occasional Publication No.18
Available from www.gos.org