Bird

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round and winter in Alabama, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 8 habitats found here.

Seasons here: Year-round and winter
Breeding: Breeding
Range: 67 of 67 counties
Habitats: 8

Male Field Sparrow, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Andrew Murray, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 522123494. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Seasons in Alabama: Year-round and winter
Breeding: Breeding
Counties in known range: 67 of 67
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

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 Winter model

Habitats in Alabama 8

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

1 of 8

Summer and winterDisturbed/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 WoodlandLimestone 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.

Summer and winterEast 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.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Summer and winterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer and winter

Pine savannas

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

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Summer and winterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Other habitats in its models (36)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Winter
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter
Unconsolidated Shore Winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter
Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer
Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter
Recently Burned Summer and winter
Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter
Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer