Shrub · Ribes aureum
Golden currant for backyard birds
Early yellow flowers for hummingbirds, then summer fruit.
- Scientific name
- Ribes aureum
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries, nectar
- Native in
- 18 US states, 3 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 57
Birds most often fed by Golden currant
Counted across every state and province where Golden currant is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 36 regions
- American Robin — 21 regions
- Northern Flicker — 21 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 21 regions
- European Starling — 21 regions
- Yellow-breasted Chat — 21 regions
- Spotted Towhee — 20 regions
- Mountain Bluebird — 20 regions
- Bullock's Oriole — 20 regions
- Western Tanager — 19 regions
- House Finch — 19 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 18 regions
Golden currant by state and province
Alberta (29 birds)Arizona (35 birds)British Columbia (31 birds)California (35 birds)Colorado (30 birds)Idaho (30 birds)Kansas (30 birds)Minnesota (28 birds)Montana (30 birds)Nebraska (27 birds)Nevada (34 birds)New Mexico (34 birds)North Dakota (24 birds)Oklahoma (34 birds)Oregon (30 birds)Saskatchewan (28 birds)South Dakota (24 birds)Texas (44 birds)Utah (33 birds)Washington (29 birds)Wyoming (27 birds)