Bird
Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii
Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in 14 of 75 counties, across 5 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 14 of 75 counties
- Habitats
- 5

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 14 of 75 counties
- Habitats
- 5
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 5
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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.
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (58)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (27)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
- Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer and winter.
- Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
- Florida Dry Prairie Winter.
- South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer and winter.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer and winter.
- South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Summer and winter.
- Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
Northeast (2)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer and winter.
Midwest (3)
- Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
- Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
- North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Land cover and other classes (26)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
- Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems Summer and winter.
- Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Summer and winter.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland 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.
- Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer and 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.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer and winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer and winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Winter: does not nest here, in 6 of 75 counties.
- Summer: nests here, in 8 of 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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 100
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
Plants 888
- Maximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximiliani
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Bushy KnotweedPolygonum ramosissimum subsp. prolificum
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Prostrate KnotweedPolygonum aviculare
Forest edges and thickets
Birds 56
- Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
- Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
Plants 142
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Fringed NutrushScleria ciliata
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Buffalo CloverTrifolium reflexum
- Gray DogwoodCornus racemosa
- Cutleaf GoldenrodSolidago arguta
- Hairy LettuceLactuca hirsuta
- Upland BonesetEupatorium sessilifolium
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Creeping LespedezaLespedeza repens
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Birds 121
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- King RailRallus elegans
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Plants 17
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- BagpodGlottidium vesicarium
- Oklahoma SedgeCarex oklahomensis
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- White WillowSalix alba
- Zigzag JointvetchAeschynomene rudis
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Henslow's 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)






























































