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Table 13--Selected birds of the South that utilize hard and soft mast in their diets

Scientific name	Common name
Birds
Aix sponsa	Wood duck
Anas platyrhynchos	Mallard
Anas strepera	Gadwell
Aphelocoma coerulescens	Scrub jay
Bombycilla cedrorum	Cedar waxwing
Carpodacus purpureus	Purple finch
Catharus guttatus	Hermit thrush
Certhia americana	Brown creeper
Colaptes auratus	Northern flicker
Colinus virginianus	Bobwhite quail
Columba fasciata	Band-tailed pigeon
Columba flavirostris	Red-billed pigeon
Corvus brachyrhynchos	American crow
Cyanocitta cristata	Blue jay
Cyanocitta stelleri	Stellar's jay
Ixoreus naevius	Varied thrush
Melanerpes carolinus	Red-bellied woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus	Red-headed woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus	Acorn woodpecker
Meleagris gallopavo	Wild turkey
Mimus polyglottos	Northern mockingbird
Parus bicolor	Tufted titmouse
Parus inornatus	Plain titmouse
Phasianus colchicus	Ring-necked pheasant
Pheucticus ludovicianus	Rose-breasted grosbeak
Philohela minor	American woodcock
Picoides pubescens	Downy woodpecker
Picoides villosus	Hairy Woodpecker
Pipilo erythrophthalmus	Rufous-sided towhee
Quiscalus quiscula	Common grackle
Sitta carolinensis	White-breasted nuthatch
Sphyrapicus varius	Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Sturnus vulgaris	Starling
Toxostoma rufum	Brown thrasher
Tympanuchus cupido	Greater prairie-chicken
Zenaidia macrocroura	Mourning dove

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