Shrub · Mahonia aquifolium
Oregon grape for backyard birds
Evergreen with yellow spring flowers and blue summer fruit.
- Scientific name
- Mahonia aquifolium
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries, nectar
- Native in
- 5 US states, 2 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 47
Birds most often fed by Oregon grape
Counted across every state and province where Oregon grape is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 12 regions
- American Robin — 7 regions
- Northern Flicker — 7 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 7 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 7 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 7 regions
- European Starling — 7 regions
- Spotted Towhee — 7 regions
- Mountain Bluebird — 7 regions
- Fox Sparrow — 7 regions
- Varied Thrush — 7 regions
- Bullock's Oriole — 7 regions