Birds Eating the Seeds
of Panic Grasses
(Panicum spp. &
Dichanthelium spp.)

Bird Names (Scientific & Common)

*Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)

*Anas crecca (Green-winged Teal)

*Anas discors (Blue-winged Teal)

*Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

*Anas strepera (Gadwall)

* **Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)

*Porzana carolina (Sora)

Colinus virginianus (Bobwhite Quail)

Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)

Tympanuchus cupido (Greater Prairie Chicken)

*Calidris melanotos (Pectoral Sandpiper)

Scolopax minor (American Woodcock)

Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)

Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)

Anthus rubescens (American Pipit)

Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)

Passerina caerulea (Blue Grosbeak)

Spiza americana (Dickcissel)

*Agelaius phoeniceus (Redwing Blackbird)

*Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink)

Molothrus ater (Cowbird)

Certhia americana (Brown Creeper)

Setophaga pinus (Pine Warbler)

Ammodramus henslowii (Henslow's Sparrow)

Ammodramus savannarum (Grasshopper Sparrow)

Chondestes grammacus (Lark Sparrow)

***Junco hyemalis (Slate-colored Junco)

*Melospiza georgiana (Swamp Sparrow)

Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's Sparrow)

Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)

Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)

Pooecetes gramineus (Vesper Sparrow)

Spizella pallida (Clay-colored Sparrow)

Spizella passerina (Chipping Sparrow)

Spizella pusilla (Field Sparrow)

***Spizelloides arborea (Tree Sparrow)

Zonotrichia albicollis (White-throated Sparrow)

Zonotrichia leucophrys (White-crowned Sparrow)

Zonotrichia querula (Harris Sparrow)

***Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur)

***Calcarius pictus (Smith's Longspur)

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*eats seeds of wetland species primarily
**also eats foliage
***eats seeds during winter primarily

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Havera (1999), Bellrose (1942/1976),
Schwartz (1945)

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