Shrub · Erythrina herbacea
Coral bean for backyard birds
Red tubular spring flowers for early hummingbirds.
- Scientific name
- Erythrina herbacea
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- nectar
- Native in
- 9 US states, 0 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 11
Birds most often fed by Coral bean
Counted across every state and province where Coral bean is native and the bird is present:
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird — 9 regions
- Orchard Oriole — 9 regions
- Rufous Hummingbird — 6 regions
- Baltimore Oriole — 3 regions
- White-winged Dove — 2 regions
- Black-chinned Hummingbird — 2 regions
- Bullock's Oriole — 2 regions
- Anna's Hummingbird — 1 region
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird — 1 region
- Verdin — 1 region
- Hooded Oriole — 1 region