Birds Eating the Fruit
of Apples or Crab Apples
(Malus spp.)

Bird Species
Scientific Name Common Name
Bonasa umbellum* Ruffed Grouse
Phasianus colchicus Ring-necked Pheasant
Tympanuchus cupido Greater Prairie Chicken
Colinus virginianus Bobwhite Quail
Conuropsis carolinensis** Carolina Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus Monk Parakeet
Melanerpes carolinus Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus Hairy Woodpecker
Sphyrapicus varius Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker
Corvus brachyrhynchos American Crow
Cyanocitta cristata Blue Jay
Quiscalus quiscula Common Grackle
Mimus polyglottos Northern Mockingbird
Baeolophus bicolor Tufted Titmouse
Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing
Sturnus vulgaris Starling
Turdus migratorius American Robin
Icterus galbula Baltimore Oriole
Icterus spurius Orchard Oriole
Pipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Towhee
Carpodacus purpureus* Purple Finch
Zonotrichia albicollis* White-throated Sparrow

*feeds on buds, not fruit, **extinct, also fed on seeds

Note: songbirds peck at the larger fruits, rather than carry them around

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961), DeVore et al. (2004),
Snyder (2004), Bennetts (1900), Barnes (1999)

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