Birds are the main culprit in fostering the proliferation of this invasive species. Here is a list of 30 birds that eat the fruit of the Chinese Tallowtrees:
- Mourning Dove
- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
- Yellow-Bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Eastern Bluebird
- American Robin
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Brown Thrasher
- European Starling
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Eastern Towhee
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
Birds have many other sources of food that won’t compound the problem of Tallowtree proliferation. This UGA Cooperative Extension article about “Attracting Birds to your Backyard” provides some very good alternative food sources for birds: http://extension.uga.edu/publications/files/pdf/C 976_2.PDF
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