Bird

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in all 75 counties, across 9 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 75 counties
Habitats: 9

Adult Carolina Chickadee, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) Derek Spencer, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 432013559. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 75 counties
Habitats: 9
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 9

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

1 of 9

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 Dry Oak Woodland; Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

Year-roundOzark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Year-roundSouthern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundDeveloped, Open Space

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

Year-roundLower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier

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-roundDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (113)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Year-round.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Year-round.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Year-round.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Year-round.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier 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 - Loblolly 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 Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest 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.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Year-round.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp 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 - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
Cumberland Riverscour Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian 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 Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier 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.