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Bachman's Sparrow

Aimophila aestivalis

Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in 56 of 75 counties, across 3 habitats. It once lived in 19 more counties.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
56 of 75 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
56 of 75 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 3

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

1 of 3

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.

Year-round

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

Year-roundOzark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland; Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundDisturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (30)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.

  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
  • Recently Logged Areas Year-round.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Forest Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round.
  • 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.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
  • The model links smaller forest patches to larger nearby open areas.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Year-round: nests here, in 56 of 75 counties.

Possible or historical range

  • Historical: year-round, in 43 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 33

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

Wildlife 224

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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