Tree · Acer rubrum
Red maple for backyard birds
Among the first spring bloomers; early insects for returning migrants.
- Scientific name
- Acer rubrum
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- insects for nestlings, seed
- Native in
- 33 US states, 6 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 176
Birds most often fed by Red maple
Counted across every state and province where Red maple is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 76 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 39 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 39 regions
- American Goldfinch — 39 regions
- Purple Finch — 39 regions
- American Robin — 39 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 39 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 39 regions
- Song Sparrow — 39 regions
- Chipping Sparrow — 39 regions
- Northern Flicker — 39 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 39 regions
Red maple by state and province
Alabama (122 birds)Arkansas (125 birds)Connecticut (113 birds)Delaware (118 birds)Florida (119 birds)Georgia (123 birds)Illinois (125 birds)Indiana (123 birds)Iowa (119 birds)Kentucky (121 birds)Louisiana (129 birds)Maine (112 birds)Maryland (120 birds)Massachusetts (114 birds)Michigan (120 birds)Minnesota (120 birds)Mississippi (123 birds)Missouri (128 birds)New Brunswick (102 birds)New Hampshire (111 birds)New Jersey (121 birds)New York (119 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (83 birds)North Carolina (127 birds)Nova Scotia (97 birds)Ohio (124 birds)Oklahoma (145 birds)Ontario (123 birds)Pennsylvania (122 birds)Prince Edward Island (84 birds)Quebec (112 birds)Rhode Island (111 birds)South Carolina (123 birds)Tennessee (123 birds)Texas (159 birds)Vermont (111 birds)Virginia (122 birds)West Virginia (119 birds)Wisconsin (121 birds)