Bird

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Lives in Alabama all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 16 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 16

Female Red-shouldered Hawk, whole bird — **Female**. no rights reserved. CC0. iNaturalist photo 186257913. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 16
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Alabama 16

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

1 of 16

Year-roundEast 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.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904), a neighboring state.In the Jungle, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

Year-roundEast 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.

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianWinslow Homer, Blue Spring, Florida (1890): clear blue spring water under overhanging palms. Shown: Blue Spring, Florida (Winslow Homer, 1890; National Gallery of Art), a neighboring state.Blue Spring, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression SwampFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Shown: Ocklawaha River, Florida, a neighboring state.Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

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

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods; South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

Year-roundMississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest

Moist forests

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration

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.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine

Other habitats in its models (65)

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

Elsewhere in the South (37)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
Florida Dry Prairie Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round.
South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Year-round.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Year-round.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.

Northeast (6)

Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Year-round.

Land cover and other classes (22)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Developed, Low Intensity Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.