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Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in all 75 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 4

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

1 of 4

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.

SummerWinter

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie; West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (43)

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

In Arkansas 1

  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (16)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
  • Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Winter.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
Northeast (3)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer.
Land cover and other classes (23)
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Recently Burned Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
  • The model distinguishes abandoned fields from actively planted row crops.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

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

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 91

Plant genera in its diet records (17)
  • Panicum Seeds. 7 diet records. 12 native plants in Arkansas
  • Deschampsia Seeds. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Digitaria Seeds. 3 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Acalypha Seeds. 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Arkansas
  • Bromus Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Cirsium Seeds. 2 diet records. 7 native plants in Arkansas
  • Danthonia Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Festuca Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Oxalis Seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Poa Seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rumex Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Setaria Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sorghastrum Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Avena 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Chloris Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Cyperus Seeds. 1 diet record. 25 native plants in Arkansas
  • Euphorbia Seeds. 1 diet record. 19 native plants in Arkansas

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

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.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 100

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 56

Plants 142

All of forest edges and thickets in Arkansas

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 121

Plants 17

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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