Toxic Plants and Foods for Birds

Maybe you don’t know what to look for when buying a house plant that’s safe for your pigeons, or there’s a food you considered feeding them but you’re unsure, well look no further!

Here is a comprehensive list of things to avoid

Toxic Foods for Pet Birds

Acorns

Amaryllis

Apricot

Asparagus (berries and shoots)

Autumn Crocus (Meadow Crocus)

Avocado

Azalea

Baneberries

Bird of Paradise (Poinciana)

Black Locust

Black Nightshade

Bleeding Heart (Dutchman’s Breeches)

Boxwood

Buckeye

Buckthorn

Buttercup

Caladium

Calla

Cashew

Century Plant

Cherry

Christmas Cherry

Christmas Rose

Chrysanthemums

Corn Lily

Crown of Thorns

Daffodil Moonseed Tomato (leaves and stems)

Daphne

Deadly Nightshade

Delphinium

Devil’s Ivy

Dieffenbachia (Dumbcane)

Eggplant

Elderberry

Elephant Ear

English Ivy

Flax

Four O’Clock

Foxglove

Golden Chain Tree

Holly Peony (Common)

Horse Chestnuts

Hyacinth

Hydrangea

Indian Tobacco

Iris

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Jerquirity Bean (Rosary Pea)

Jerusalem Cherry

Jimson Weed

Jonquil

Lantana (Red Sage or Wild Sage)

Lily-of-the-Valley

Lobelia

Lupine

Mango

Marijuana

Marsh Marigold

Mayapple Star-of-Bethlehem

Milkbush

Mistletoe

Monkshood

Morning Glory

Mother-in-Law Tongue

Mountain Laurel

Mushrooms (Various Types)

Mustard

Narcissus

Nutmeg

Oak

Oleander

Pansy (seeds)

Peach

Pencil Tree

Philodendron

Poinsettias

Poison Hemlock

Poison Ivy

Poison Oak

Poison Sumac

Poke weed

Potato (leaves, stems, tubercles)

Pothos Plant

Privet (berries and leaves)

Ranunculus

Rhododendron

Ripple Ivy

Rubber Vine

Scotch Broom

Sedum

Shamrock

Skunk Cabbage

Sweet Pea

Sweet Potato

Tobacco

Tulip

Virginia Creeper

Water Hemlock (Cowbane)

Wisteria

Yellow Jessamine

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