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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.

1 of 7

Swamps

Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsRegional / 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.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Moderately dry forests

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

SummerSouthern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerSouth-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
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.

All habitats

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 505

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 190

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources