Bird
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
A summer resident that nests in Arkansas. Found in all 75 counties, across 7 habitats.
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Summer
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.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.
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 (35)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 71 of 75 counties.
- Summer: nests here, in 55 of 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 407
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Black HickoryCarya texana
- Eastern RedbudCercis canadensis
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- American BeechFagus grandifolia
- Licorice BedstrawGalium circaezans
- Ozark Witch-hazelHamamelis vernalis
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- TuliptreeLiriodendron tulipifera
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Ozark SpiderwortTradescantia ozarkana
- American ElmUlmus americana
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- American Hog-peanutAmphicarpaea bracteata
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
Wildlife 184
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Cerulean 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)













































