Tree · Amelanchier arborea
Serviceberry for backyard birds
Early-summer berries arrive exactly when nestlings are being fed.
- Scientific name
- Amelanchier arborea
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 35 US states, 4 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 149
Birds most often fed by Serviceberry
Counted across every state and province where Serviceberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 76 regions
- Northern Cardinal — 39 regions
- Eastern Bluebird — 39 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 39 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 39 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 39 regions
- Purple Finch — 39 regions
- American Robin — 39 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 39 regions
- Song Sparrow — 39 regions
- Northern Flicker — 39 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 39 regions
Serviceberry by state and province
Alabama (102 birds)Arkansas (102 birds)Connecticut (93 birds)Delaware (98 birds)Florida (99 birds)Georgia (103 birds)Illinois (101 birds)Indiana (100 birds)Iowa (94 birds)Kansas (106 birds)Kentucky (100 birds)Louisiana (107 birds)Maine (91 birds)Maryland (99 birds)Massachusetts (92 birds)Michigan (96 birds)Minnesota (95 birds)Mississippi (102 birds)Missouri (103 birds)Nebraska (98 birds)New Brunswick (83 birds)New Hampshire (90 birds)New Jersey (102 birds)New York (99 birds)North Carolina (106 birds)Nova Scotia (80 birds)Ohio (100 birds)Oklahoma (117 birds)Ontario (102 birds)Pennsylvania (100 birds)Quebec (90 birds)Rhode Island (92 birds)South Carolina (102 birds)Tennessee (102 birds)Texas (131 birds)Vermont (90 birds)Virginia (101 birds)West Virginia (98 birds)Wisconsin (97 birds)