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PLANTS IN BERMUDA THAT ATTRACT BIRDS - April 2015 This list is a work in progress. If you have additions, corrections or comments please let me know. Thanks, L. Greene, Mus. of Natural History, BAMZ - [email protected] Common Name: Allspice Scientific Name: Pimenta dioica Species attracted: Chick of Village(Dobson). Catbird (DBW), warblers & vireos Attraction: fruit (berries and insects - E. Amos) Moderate to highly (Amos) Aloe Avocado Bay grape Bee balm Bermuda cedar Black Ebony Bottle brush Aloe vera Persea americana Coccoloba uvifera Monarda spp. Juniperus bermudiana Albizzia lebbeck Callistemon citrinus Brazilian pepper Buttonwood Camphor tree Candelabra aloe Cape honeysuckle Casuarina Conocarpus erecta Cinnamomum camphora Aloe arborescea Tecomaria capensis Casuarina equisetifolia Inkberry Holmskioldia sanguinea Citrus sp . Lonicera sempervirens Passiflora suberosa Dahoon holly Ilex cassine Chinese hat plant Citrus Coral Honeysuckle Vine Status/Comment invasive. Becomes monopolistic. Shades out Hummingbirds, Warblers Black and White Warbler (trunk cleaners) flowers; attracts insects, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Mockingbirds, catbirds, nectar eaten, good for coastal areas blue jays, woodpeckers (berries -E. Amos) Hummingbirds nectar Bluebirds, Catbirds, Cardinals, Waxwings, Orioles, Tanagers, birds hunt insects in foliage, Warblers (warblers & vireos - E. Amos) abundant insects, edible berry Native Endemic nectar eating Warblers, Hummingbirds (warblers & vireos - E. Amos) Berries & insects Doves, (sea birds - E. Amos) good nesting (protects seabird Native Hummingbirds Hummingbirds, Warblers Cardinals, Warblers, Orioles, nectar feeders flowers for nectar Yellow-bellied Sap Sucker drills holes,European Goldfinch love fruit/seeds, sap high in sugar, insect Invasive seeds, Indigo Bunting (local and migrant feed year round E. populations high spittle bug. Amos) Hummingbirds, Warblers Needles for bludebird nests, single nectar eaten, good for coastal areas Orioles, Tanagers rotting fruit attract birds Hummingbirds , thrushes, orioles, mockingbirds, Hummingbirds, fruit and insect‐eating birds Native Cardinals, mockingbirds, cedar waxwings Catbirds, and other fruit‐eating birds Darrell’s fleabane Erigeron darrellianus Goldfinches seeds eaten European olive Olea europea Warblers love insects that skeletonize leaves, nectar, nectar, caterpillars Senna floribunda caterpillars, ie. Cape May Warbler, Parula Warblers Everlasting senna Endemic PLANTS IN BERMUDA THAT ATTRACT BIRDS - April 2015 This list is a work in progress. If you have additions, corrections or comments please let me know. Thanks, L. Greene, Mus. of Natural History, BAMZ - [email protected] Fiddlewood Citharexylum spinosum Cedar waxwing, American robin, Thrushes, (landbirds - E. Amos) fruit, insects, whitefly, nectar and Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea Forestieria segregata Cedar waxwings aphids ( Berries - E. Amos) birds attracted to fruit Doves, Catbirds, Chick of the Village, Warbler, Hummingbirds fruit eaten, leaves support many Mirabilis jalapa Bursera simaruba Russelia equisetiformis Ficus retusa Passiflora suberosa Lonicera japonica Pittosporum tobira Hummingbirds insects, caterpillars flowers Justica secunda Trema lamarckiana Forestiera Four o’clocks Gumbo Limbo Heath (Firecracker plant) Indian laurel Ink berry Japanese honeysuckle Japanese pittosporum Father John, Red justicia Lamarck's trema Highly invasive. Shades out native flora, Doves, woodpeckers, vireos, warblers Hummingbirds flower nectar eaten, Mexican native Ground Doves (fruit on ground) large gardens only (berries - E. Chick of Village, Red-eye vireo, Cardinal, Catbird most woodland species relish Warblers, Cardinals, Vireos fragrant, fruits, nectar eaten Insects, Warblers, Vireo, Catbird, Thrushes Warblers attracted to all the insects Hummingbirds nectar Chick of Village, migratory Warblers seeds, berries loves by WEV Jeremy counted 24 WEV in one tree at Walsingham Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora Red-eyed Vireo, other vireo eat fruit Mangrove - Red Herons and Landbirds - Fall & Winter ( E. Amos) Native Mangrove - Black Herons and Landbirds - Fall & Winter ( E. Amos) Native Mexican flame vine Senecio confusus Warblers, Finches Mexican hat plant flowers & nectar Mulberry, black Morus nigra Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, Orioles, Catbird, Mulberry, red Morus rubra Cardinal Fruit eating birds Live Oak Quercus virginiana Warblers, jays, cardinals, vireos, woodpeckers Natal Plum Coast sophora Old man’s beard/ Spanish moss Endemic Warblers ( E. Amos) Sophora tomentosa Norfolk Island Pine Odontonema fruit & nectar Hummingbirds, warblers, vireos Birds of prey ( E. Amos) Odontonema strictum Tillandsia usneoides Hummingbirds, Orioles, Cape May Warbler, Tanager Native Perches for birds ( E. Amos) PLANTS IN BERMUDA THAT ATTRACT BIRDS - April 2015 This list is a work in progress. If you have additions, corrections or comments please let me know. Thanks, L. Greene, Mus. of Natural History, BAMZ - [email protected] Olive Olivewood Warblers and other landbirds (E. Amos) Cassine laneanum Cardinals, Catbirds good foraging for warblers and Native catbirds, good nesting for catbird, Bermuda Palmetto Sabal bermudana Cardinals, Yellow-throated Warbler and others (land birds - E. cardinal dense foliage fruit too big for most, good for Amos) insects attracts cardinals, mourning Endemic doves build nests. Berries ( E. Peach Pink tecoma Plantago Poison ivy Amygdalus persica Podranea ricasoliana Plantago sp. Rhus radicans Pride of India Queen of shrubs/Crape myrtle Red honeysuckle Red justicia Red Mulberry Royal poinciana Ruttya Sabal palm Sage bush Scarlet Milkweed Scarlet sage Salvias Scotsmans purse Amos) Warblers Vireo, Warblers berries attract Native Naturalised Landbirds ( E. Amos) Beries and insects Lagerstroemia indica Lonicera sempervirens Justica secunda Warblers, Vireo’s thick foliage Hummingbirds, Warblers flower nectar eaten; considered 1 of Morus rubra Delonix regia Ruttya scholesei Sabal palmetto Spring Landbirds ( E. Amos) the top 10 exotic plants to attract Berries ( E. Amos) Warblers caterpillars Hummingbirds, Orioles, Warblers Cape May only warbler with tubular Lantana involucrata Asclepias currassavica Salvia coccinea Salvia spp. Malvaviscus arboreus Hummingbirds, Warblers, Orioles Native Red‐winged blackbirds, grackles, blue jays, mockingbirds, robins, woodpeckers Vireo, Catbird, Cardinals berries eaten Hummingbirds Warblers, Hummingbirds flower nectar eaten Hummingbirds Hooded Warbler, Ovenbird, Catbird, Vireo Orioles known to peck holes at base of flowers to obtain nectar, thickets good for birds Shrubby fleabane Silk oak Pluchea odorata Grevillea robusta Goldfinches seeds eaten nectar Native PLANTS IN BERMUDA THAT ATTRACT BIRDS - April 2015 This list is a work in progress. If you have additions, corrections or comments please let me know. Thanks, L. Greene, Mus. of Natural History, BAMZ - [email protected] Snowberry Chiococca bermudiana Chick of Village, Catbird, Orioles, Tanagers fruit, good for resident and Native migrants, creates good cover, berries eaten Southern hackberry Celtis laevigata Surinam Cherry Cardinals eat berries Warblers & Vireos forage in foliage fruit, caterpillars Native Land birds ( E.Amos) Fruit and insects ( E. Amos) Invasive attracted to insects ( coastal Tamarisk Tamarix gallica Warblers attracted to insects (Early Fall warblers - E. Amos) Trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Campsis radicans Callicarpa americana Orioles, Hummingbirds, Warblers Trumpet vine/trumpet creeper Turkeyberry windbreaks E. Amos) Catbirds, ovenbird, mockingbirds, vireos, woodpeckers fruit in fall, beautiful fruit rarely Native seen as such a favourite it gets eaten, aphids Viburnum Viburnum ororatissimum Viburnum Viburnum suspensum Catbirds and Warblers Parthenocissus quinquefolia Orioles,Thrushes, Tanagers, Woodpeckers, Red-eyed Vireo, Virginia creeper Catbirds and Warblers Solitary Vireo, Chick of the Village birds attracted to insects and fruit birds attracted to insects and fruit edible purple berries, bird treat; Native berries peak/coincides with typical migration period Sept- Dec Wax myrtle Myrica cerifera Vireos, warblers, cardinals, catbirds attracted to numerous insects Native West indian almond Terminalia catappa Yellow-bellied Sap Sucker trunk can be riddled with holes of Naturalised sap-suckers Wild Coffee Pyschotria nervosa Cardinals, blue jays, catbirds This is not our native wild coffee but it is likely that ours also attracts these species. PLANTS IN BERMUDA THAT ATTRACT BIRDS - April 2015 This list is a work in progress. If you have additions, corrections or comments please let me know. Thanks, L. Greene, Mus. of Natural History, BAMZ - [email protected] Yellow-wood Zanthoxylum flavum Chick of Village, nectar feeding Warblers ( i.e. Cape May seeds a favourite of WEV, prolific Warbler, Parula) nectar producers,flowers, nectar and fruit.
