Tree · Quercus alba
White oak for backyard birds
Acorns plus hundreds of caterpillar species for nestling food.
- Scientific name
- Quercus alba
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 35 US states, 2 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 137
Birds most often fed by White oak
Counted across every state and province where White oak is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 72 regions
- Eastern Bluebird — 37 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 37 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 37 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 37 regions
- American Robin — 37 regions
- Song Sparrow — 37 regions
- Northern Flicker — 37 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 37 regions
- Brown Creeper — 37 regions
- Common Grackle — 37 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 37 regions
White oak by state and province
Alabama (98 birds)Arkansas (98 birds)Connecticut (86 birds)Delaware (93 birds)Florida (93 birds)Georgia (98 birds)Illinois (94 birds)Indiana (94 birds)Iowa (89 birds)Kansas (101 birds)Kentucky (96 birds)Louisiana (102 birds)Maine (86 birds)Maryland (94 birds)Massachusetts (86 birds)Michigan (90 birds)Minnesota (90 birds)Mississippi (98 birds)Missouri (97 birds)Nebraska (94 birds)New Hampshire (84 birds)New Jersey (94 birds)New York (91 birds)North Carolina (102 birds)Ohio (94 birds)Oklahoma (111 birds)Ontario (96 birds)Pennsylvania (94 birds)Quebec (85 birds)Rhode Island (86 birds)South Carolina (98 birds)Tennessee (98 birds)Texas (123 birds)Vermont (85 birds)Virginia (97 birds)West Virginia (93 birds)Wisconsin (91 birds)