Shrub · Aesculus pavia
Red buckeye for backyard birds
Blooms right as Ruby-throated Hummingbirds return.
- Scientific name
- Aesculus pavia
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- nectar
- Native in
- 13 US states, 0 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 11
Birds most often fed by Red buckeye
Counted across every state and province where Red buckeye is native and the bird is present:
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird — 13 regions
- Orchard Oriole — 13 regions
- Baltimore Oriole — 7 regions
- Rufous Hummingbird — 6 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