Shrub · Ribes sanguineum
Red-flowering currant for backyard birds
Early spring blooms fuel returning Rufous Hummingbirds.
- Scientific name
- Ribes sanguineum
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- nectar, fruit and berries
- Native in
- 4 US states, 1 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 44
Birds most often fed by Red-flowering currant
Counted across every state and province where Red-flowering currant is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 8 regions
- House Finch — 5 regions
- American Robin — 5 regions
- Northern Flicker — 5 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 5 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 5 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 5 regions
- European Starling — 5 regions
- Black-chinned Hummingbird — 5 regions
- Spotted Towhee — 5 regions
- Western Bluebird — 5 regions
- Mountain Bluebird — 5 regions