Birds Eating the Seeds
of Wetland Sedges
(Carex spp.)




Bird Names (Scientific & Common)

Cygnus buccinator (Trumpeter Swan)

Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)

Anas americana (American Wigeon)

Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)

Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveler)

Anas crecca (Green-winged Teal)


Anas discors (Blue-winged Teal)

Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)

Anas rubripes (Black Duck)

Aythya affinis (Lesser Scaup)

Aythya americana (Redhead)

Aythya collaris (Ring-necked Duck)

Bucephala clangula (Common Goldeneye)

Coturnicops noveboracensis (Yellow Rail)

Fulica americana (American Coot)


Porzana carolina (Sora)

Rallus limicola (Virginia Rail)

Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped Sandpiper)

Calidris himantopus (Stilt Sandpiper)

Limnodromus scolopaceus (Long-billed Dowitcher)

Gallinago delicata (Wilson's Snipe)


Scolopax minor (American Woodcock)

Melospiza georgiana (Swamp Sparrow)



Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
Bellrose (1942/1976)

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