Birds Eating the Seeds
of Pines (Pinus spp.)

Bird Species  
Scientific Name Common Name
Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
Colinus virginianus Bobwhite
Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove
Myiopsitta monachus* Monk Parakeet
Melanerpes carolinus Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Sphyrapicus varius** Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Certhia americana Brown Creeper
Poecile atricapillus Black-Capped Chickadee
Sitta canadensis Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis White-Breasted Nuthatch
Pinicola enucleator Pine Grosbeak
Junco hyemalis Slate-Colored Junco
Carduelis flammea Common Redpoll
Carduelis pinus Pine Siskin
Carduelis tristis Goldfinch
Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill
Loxia leucoptera White-Winged Crossbill
Dendroica pinus Pine Warbler
Thryothorus ludovicianus Carolina Wren

*an introduced species that has naturalized
in some areas

**feeds on sap, rather than seeds

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