Bird

Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Summer in Alabama, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 17 habitats found here.

Seasons here: Summer
Breeding: Breeding
Range: 67 of 67 counties
Habitats: 17

Male Blue Grosbeak, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Brooke Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 80154262. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Seasons in Alabama: Summer
Breeding: Breeding
Counties in known range: 67 of 67
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model

Habitats in Alabama 17

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

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SummerDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

SummerRidge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland; Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and BarrensLimestone cedar glade. Shown: Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

SummerCumberland Sandstone Glade and BarrensSolution pits on granite. Shown: Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Solution pits, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and WoodlandLimestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression SwampRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier; Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest; Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest; Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods; South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest; Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerCultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (138)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

Developed, Low Intensity Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer
Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Summer
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer
Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Summer
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer
Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer
Florida Dry Prairie Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer
Recently Logged Areas Summer
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer