Bird

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in all 75 counties, across 7 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 75 counties
Habitats: 7

Male Carolina Wren, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Brandon Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 482596744. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 75 counties
Habitats: 7
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 7

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

1 of 7

Year-roundCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest ModifierJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

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

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; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other)

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Year-roundCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

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

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Developed, Open Space

Other habitats in its models (107)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (55)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Year-round.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Year-round.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round.
South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round.
South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Year-round.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.

Northeast (6)

Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Year-round.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round.

Midwest (1)

North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round.

Land cover and other classes (45)

Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Year-round.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood 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.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed 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 - Offsite Hardwood 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.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest 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.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

Year-round: 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.