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. 2020 Feb 9;10(2):270. doi: 10.3390/ani10020270

Table 1.

Interactions between birds and alcohol provided in different forms reported in the scientific literature. Sources are arranged from oldest to newest.

Common Name Scientific Name Type of Data Alcohol Provided by Source
Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Experiment berries 7
Eurasian bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Experiment berries 7
European starling Sturnus vulgaris Experiment berries 7
European greenfinch Chloris chloris Experiment berries 7
European starling Sturnus vulgaris Experiment ingested 9
Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Observation berries 20
Pine grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Observation berries 20
Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos Experiment ripe fruit 5
Cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Necropsy after collision berries 21
Zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata Experiment cloacal injection 10
Woodpeckers Picidae Suggestion only tree sap 8
Cape white-eye Zosterops virens Experiment overripe fruits 6
Speckled mousebird Colius striatus Experiment overripe fruits 6
Red-winged starling Onychognathus morio Experiment overripe fruits 6