Bird
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 9 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 9

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 9
- Habitat models
- Winter
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.

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.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
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.
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.
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.
Other habitats in its models (83)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
- Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Winter.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Winter.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Winter.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Winter.
- South Texas Lomas Winter.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter.
- Recently Burned Winter.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Winter: does not nest here, in all 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 293
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- White OakQuercus alba
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- Southern Red OakQuercus falcata
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Post OakQuercus stellata
- American HornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
- Black HickoryCarya texana
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Poison-ivyToxicodendron radicans
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Mockernut HickoryCarya tomentosa
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- American BeechFagus grandifolia
- White AshFraxinus americana
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- American SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
Wildlife 218
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Fox Sparrow
- 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)
















































