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

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

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

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.

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.

Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Florida Dry Prairie 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 Winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Recently Logged Areas Winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
Recently Burned Winter.
Recently Burned Forest Winter.
Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.