Birds catch insects in midair and forage for them on tree bark, leaves, twigs, and stems, and in leaf litter. Insects attracted to necklace pod and coffee colubrina attract many insect-eating birds. Some insect-eaters will visit feeders for suet and peanut butter mixtures.
 
Many birds who do not typically eat insects as adults feed them to their young because insects provide more nutrition for growth.
 
Click on the before the bird's name for specific diet and other information.
 

Entire diet is insects
Chuck-will's-widow		Martin, Purple
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed		Nighthawk, Common
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray		Whip-poor-will
Most of diet is insects
Chickadee, Carolina		Vireo, Yellow-throated
Flicker, Northern		Warbler, Orange-crowned
Flycatcher, Great Crested		Warbler, Northern Parula
Kingbird, Eastern		Warbler, Palm
Kingbird, Gray		Warbler, Pine
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned		Warbler, Prothonotary
Meadowlark, Eastern		Warbler, Yellow
Oriole, Baltimore		Warbler, Yellow-rumped
Oriole, Orchard		Warbler, Yellow-throated
Owl, Screech		Woodpecker, Downy
Phoebe, Eastern		Woodpecker, Hairy
Swallow, Tree		Woodpecker, Pileated
Tanager, Summer		Woodpecker, Red-cockaded
Vireo, Black-whiskered		Wren, Carolina
Vireo, Red-eyed		Wren, House
Vireo, White-eyed		Yellowthroat
Some of diet is insects
Blackbird, Red-winged		Junco, Dark-eyed
Bluebird, Eastern		Kestrel, American
Bobwhite, Northern		Mockingbird, Northern
Bulbul		Nuthatch, Brown-headed
Bunting, Indigo		Nuthatch, White-breasted
Bunting, Painted		Oriole, Spot-breasted
Cardinal, Northern		Owl, Barn
Catbird, Gray		Robin, American
Cowbird, Brown-headed		Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied
Crow, American		Siskin, Pine
Crow, Fish		Sparrow, Chipping
Finch, Purple		Sparrow, Song
Goldfinch		Sparrow, White-throated
Grackle, Boat-tailed		Thrasher, Brown (Sp)
Grackle, Common		Thrush, Hermit
Grosbeak, Blue		Thrush, Wood
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted		Titmouse, Tufted
Hummingbird, Black-chinned		Towhee, Eastern
Hummingbird, Ruby-throated		Waxwing, Cedar
Hummingbird, Rufous		Woodpecker, Red-bellied
Jay, Blue		Woodpecker, Red-headed
Jay, Scrub

 
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