Bird
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
A summer resident that nests in Alabama. Found in all 67 counties, across 7 habitats.
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Alabama 7
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
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.
Other habitats in its models (34)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.
- 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.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest 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.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Seasons in Alabama
- Migratory: does not nest here, in all 67 counties.
- Summer: nests here, in 14 of 67 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 504
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanum
- Bryson's SedgeCarex brysonii
- Ravine SedgeCarex impressinervia
- Longstalk SedgeCarex pedunculata
- Purple SedgeCarex purpurifera
- Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
- Red HickoryCarya ovalis
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Longleaf SpikegrassChasmanthium sessiliflorum
- Virginia Spring-beautyClaytonia virginica
- Canadian HonewortCryptotaenia canadensis
- Kentucky Ladys SlipperCypripedium kentuckiense
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Deer-tongue WitchgrassDichanthelium clandestinum
- White Wood-asterEurybia divaricata
- American ColumboFrasera caroliniensis
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
- American Witch-hazelHamamelis virginiana
- GoldensealHydrastis canadensis
- Largeleaf WaterleafHydrophyllum macrophyllum
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- PipevineIsotrema macrophyllum
Wildlife 190
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Cerulean Warbler
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)











































