Bird
Northern Parula
Parula americana
A summer resident that nests in Arkansas. Found in all 75 counties, across 7 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 7
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.
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.
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
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.
Other habitats in its models (66)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer and winter.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
- Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
- South Florida Pine Rockland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
- South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
- South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
- South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
- South Florida Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer.
- South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Summer: nests here, in all 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 463
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Eastern Swamp PrivetForestiera acuminata
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Poison-ivyToxicodendron radicans
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Bladder SedgeCarex intumescens
- American HornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
Wildlife 229
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
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 Northern Parula Fresh water only
- 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)













































