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Harris's Sparrow

Zonotrichia querula

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in 40 of 75 counties and 10 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
40 of 75 counties
Habitats
10

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
40 of 75 counties
Habitats
10
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 10

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

1 of 10

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.

Winter

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

WinterOzark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain; Ozark-Ouachita Riparian

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

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

Moderately dry forests

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

WinterOzark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Moist forests

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

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest

Prairies and grasslands

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

WinterArkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland; Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterCultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterSouth-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.

WinterDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (28)

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

In Arkansas 1

  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (8)
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Winter.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Southwestern Great Plains Canyon Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
Midwest (4)
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
West (1)
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Greasewood Flat Winter.
Land cover and other classes (14)
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 40 of 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 4

Plant genera in its diet records (1)
  • Ambrosia Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 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.

Harris's Sparrow uses many habitats in Arkansas; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 98

Plants 313

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Arkansas

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 101

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 57

Plants 142

All of forest edges and thickets in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources