Shrub · Prunus virginiana
Chokecherry for backyard birds
Dark summer fruit and heavy caterpillar load.
- Scientific name
- Prunus virginiana
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 42 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 156
Birds most often fed by Chokecherry
Counted across every state and province where Chokecherry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 98 regions
- American Robin — 55 regions
- Belted Kingfisher — 55 regions
- Golden-crowned Kinglet — 55 regions
- Bank Swallow — 55 regions
- Spotted Sandpiper — 55 regions
- Merlin — 55 regions
- Peregrine Falcon — 55 regions
- Northern Saw-whet Owl — 55 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 54 regions
- Song Sparrow — 54 regions
- Northern Flicker — 54 regions
Chokecherry by state and province
Alberta (91 birds)Arizona (94 birds)Arkansas (102 birds)British Columbia (94 birds)California (101 birds)Colorado (93 birds)Connecticut (93 birds)Delaware (98 birds)Idaho (86 birds)Illinois (101 birds)Indiana (100 birds)Iowa (94 birds)Kansas (106 birds)Kentucky (100 birds)Maine (91 birds)Manitoba (88 birds)Maryland (99 birds)Massachusetts (92 birds)Michigan (96 birds)Minnesota (95 birds)Missouri (103 birds)Montana (88 birds)Nebraska (98 birds)Nevada (94 birds)New Brunswick (83 birds)New Hampshire (90 birds)New Jersey (102 birds)New Mexico (95 birds)New York (99 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (67 birds)North Carolina (106 birds)North Dakota (87 birds)Northwest Territories (60 birds)Nova Scotia (80 birds)Nunavut (19 birds)Ohio (100 birds)Oklahoma (117 birds)Ontario (102 birds)Oregon (90 birds)Pennsylvania (100 birds)Prince Edward Island (69 birds)Quebec (90 birds)Rhode Island (92 birds)Saskatchewan (89 birds)South Dakota (92 birds)Tennessee (102 birds)Texas (131 birds)Utah (92 birds)Vermont (90 birds)Virginia (101 birds)Washington (87 birds)West Virginia (98 birds)Wisconsin (97 birds)Wyoming (85 birds)Yukon (59 birds)