Bird

Le Conte's Sparrow

Ammodramus leconteii

A winter visitor to Alabama, found in all 67 counties and 5 habitats.

Here: Winter and on migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 5

Adult Le Conte's Sparrow, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) Brent Cox, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 466187076. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Winter and on migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 5
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 5

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal WetlandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Shown: Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, Florida, a neighboring state.White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet PrairieGeorge Catlin, Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida (1834-35): an open grassy savanna with a shallow pond, ringed by tall pines, with palmettos and red wildflowers. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Pine woods of Florida (George Catlin, 1834-35; Smithsonian American Art Museum), a neighboring state.Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida, George Catlin, 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

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.

Winter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterCultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Other habitats in its models (41)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama. Those recorded in Alabama first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (17)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Florida Dry Prairie Winter.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.

Northeast (1)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.

Midwest (4)

Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.

West (1)

Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Winter.

Land cover and other classes (18)

Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
Recently Burned Winter.
Recently Burned Forest Winter.
Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
Recently Logged Areas Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.