Shrub · Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry for backyard birds
Low evergreen with winter-persistent red fruit.
- Scientific name
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 24 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 48
Birds most often fed by Bearberry
Counted across every state and province where Bearberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 62 regions
- American Robin — 37 regions
- Northern Flicker — 36 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 36 regions
- Hermit Thrush — 36 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 35 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 35 regions
- Bohemian Waxwing — 34 regions
- European Starling — 33 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 32 regions
- Red-eyed Vireo — 31 regions
- Canada Jay — 29 regions
Bearberry by state and province
Alaska (12 birds)Alberta (27 birds)British Columbia (28 birds)California (30 birds)Colorado (28 birds)Connecticut (29 birds)Idaho (27 birds)Maine (27 birds)Manitoba (25 birds)Massachusetts (28 birds)Michigan (29 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)Montana (28 birds)Nevada (28 birds)New Brunswick (22 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)New Mexico (28 birds)New York (32 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (20 birds)Northwest Territories (17 birds)Nova Scotia (23 birds)Nunavut (6 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Oregon (27 birds)Pennsylvania (30 birds)Prince Edward Island (19 birds)Quebec (26 birds)Rhode Island (28 birds)Saskatchewan (27 birds)South Dakota (23 birds)Utah (29 birds)Vermont (26 birds)Washington (26 birds)Wisconsin (29 birds)Wyoming (25 birds)Yukon (15 birds)