Bird
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Passes through Alabama on migration. Found in all 67 counties, across 6 habitats.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 6

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 6
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Alabama 6
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.
Other habitats in its models (29)
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.
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter.
- Recently Burned Winter.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Alabama
- Migratory: does not nest here, in all 67 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 164
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.
- SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum
- Live OakQuercus virginiana
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer drummondii
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Red BuckeyeAesculus pavia
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Apteria aphyllaApteria aphylla
- Arnoglossum diversifoliumArnoglossum diversifolium
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Dwarf PawpawAsimina parviflora
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Ravine SedgeCarex impressinervia
- American HornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
- Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
Wildlife 253
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Wilson's Warbler
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)









































