Bird
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
A summer resident that nests in Arkansas. Found in all 75 counties, across 8 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 8

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 8
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 8
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
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.
Other habitats in its models (54)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.
In Arkansas 1
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Elsewhere in the South (29)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
- South Florida Cypress Dome Summer.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer.
- South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Northeast (3)
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Land cover and other classes (21)
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Summer: nests here, in all 75 counties.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Birds 76
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
Plants 313
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Canada VioletViola canadensis
- Appalachian Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida var. umbrosa
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Smooth Hedge-nettleStachys tenuifolia
- Wolf's BluegrassPoa wolfii
- Spreading SedgeCarex laxiculmis
Tree plantations and managed pine
Birds 32
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Plants 1
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
Moist forests
Birds 16
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
Plants 227
- Smooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
- White AshFraxinus americana
- Fewflower Tick-trefoilDesmodium pauciflorum
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Bigleaf MagnoliaMagnolia macrophylla
- Pointedleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium glutinosum
- Smooth Carrion-flowerSmilax herbacea
- Umbrella MagnoliaMagnolia tripetala
- Narrowleaf RampsAllium tricoccum var. burdickii
- Rich-woods SedgeCarex oligocarpa
- Carey's SedgeCarex careyana
- Krals SedgeCarex kraliana
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Acadian Flycatcher Elevation up to 1,219 m
- 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)






















































