Birds Eating the Seeds
of Upland Sedges
(Carex spp.)
in Sunny Upland Areas

Bird Names (Scientific & Common)

Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)

Phasianus colchicus (Ring-necked Pheasant)

Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken)

Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)

Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)

Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)

*Junco hyemalis (Slate-colored Junco)

Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's Sparrow)

Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)

Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)

*Spizella arborea (Tree Sparrow)

*Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur)

*Calcarius pictus (Smith's Longspur)

*Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow Bunting)

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*eats seeds during the winter primarily

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Lewis (1993)

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