Shrub · Shepherdia argentea
Buffaloberry for backyard birds
Tart red fruit that persists into winter.
- Scientific name
- Shepherdia argentea
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 16 US states, 3 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 47
Birds most often fed by Buffaloberry
Counted across every state and province where Buffaloberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 34 regions
- American Robin — 19 regions
- Northern Flicker — 19 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 19 regions
- European Starling — 19 regions
- Mountain Bluebird — 18 regions
- Western Tanager — 18 regions
- Yellow-breasted Chat — 18 regions
- Spotted Towhee — 17 regions
- Bullock's Oriole — 17 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 16 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 16 regions
Buffaloberry by state and province
Alberta (27 birds)Arizona (29 birds)California (30 birds)Colorado (28 birds)Idaho (27 birds)Kansas (29 birds)Manitoba (25 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)Montana (28 birds)Nebraska (26 birds)Nevada (28 birds)New Mexico (28 birds)North Dakota (23 birds)Oklahoma (32 birds)Oregon (27 birds)Saskatchewan (27 birds)South Dakota (23 birds)Utah (29 birds)Wyoming (25 birds)