Bird
Cape May Warbler
Dendroica tigrina
Passes through Arkansas on migration. Found in 5 of 75 counties, across 2 habitats.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 5 of 75 counties
- Habitats
- 2

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 5 of 75 counties
- Habitats
- 2
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
1 of 2
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (15)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (6)
- Florida Dry Prairie Winter.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
- South Florida Pine Rockland Winter.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
- Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Northeast (4)
- Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Winter.
- Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-(Oak) Forest Winter.
- Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Winter.
Midwest (1)
- Boreal Aspen-Birch Forest Winter.
Land cover and other classes (4)
- Boreal White Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
- Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
- Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 5 of 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.
Dry forests and woodlands
Birds 36
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Plants 152
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Sessileleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium sessilifolium
- Leavenworth's SedgeCarex leavenworthii
- Ernests SpiderwortTradescantia ernestiana
- Southern LoosestrifeLysimachia tonsa
- Carolina LilyLilium michauxii
- Doubleform SnoutbeanRhynchosia difformis
- Heller's Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium helleri
- Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanum
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 100
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii
Plants 888
- Maximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximiliani
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Bushy KnotweedPolygonum ramosissimum subsp. prolificum
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Prostrate KnotweedPolygonum aviculare
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Cape May 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)







































