Shrub · Amelanchier alnifolia
Western serviceberry for backyard birds
Saskatoon berries ripen in early summer.
- Scientific name
- Amelanchier alnifolia
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 16 US states, 7 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 47
Birds most often fed by Western serviceberry
Counted across every state and province where Western serviceberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 36 regions
- American Robin — 23 regions
- Northern Flicker — 23 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 23 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 20 regions
- Mountain Bluebird — 20 regions
- Hermit Thrush — 20 regions
- European Starling — 20 regions
- Western Tanager — 20 regions
- Yellow-breasted Chat — 19 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 18 regions
- Bohemian Waxwing — 18 regions
Western serviceberry by state and province
Alaska (12 birds)Alberta (27 birds)Arizona (29 birds)British Columbia (28 birds)California (30 birds)Colorado (28 birds)Idaho (27 birds)Manitoba (25 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)Montana (28 birds)Nebraska (26 birds)Nevada (28 birds)New Mexico (28 birds)North Dakota (23 birds)Northwest Territories (17 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Oregon (27 birds)Saskatchewan (27 birds)South Dakota (23 birds)Utah (29 birds)Washington (26 birds)Wyoming (25 birds)Yukon (15 birds)