Tree · Quercus gambelii
Gambel oak for backyard birds
Acorns for jays and woodpeckers across the southern Rockies.
- Scientific name
- Quercus gambelii
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 8 US states, 0 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 138
Birds most often fed by Gambel oak
Counted across every state and province where Gambel oak is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 12 regions
- Cactus Wren — 10 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 8 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 8 regions
- House Wren — 8 regions
- American Robin — 8 regions
- Song Sparrow — 8 regions
- Northern Flicker — 8 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 8 regions
- Brown Creeper — 8 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 8 regions
- Tree Swallow — 8 regions