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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

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

Swamps

Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp
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 SwampRegional / 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.

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock

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

Pine savannas

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

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

Year-roundMississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; 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.

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
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 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.

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

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

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 Flatwoods

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.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier 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.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round.
  • Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest 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.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Year-round.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Year-round.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Year-round.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Year-round.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Year-round: nests here, in all 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 839

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

Wildlife 253

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