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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Ammodramus nelsoni

Passes through Arkansas on migration. Found in 55 of 75 counties, across 1 habitat.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
55 of 75 counties
Habitats
1

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
55 of 75 counties
Habitats
1
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 1

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.

Winter
Other habitats in its models (16)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Winter.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 55 of 75 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 164

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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