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Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in all 75 counties, across 6 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
6

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
6
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 6

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

1 of 6

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
Year-roundLower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest ModifierJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration

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.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine
Other habitats in its models (90)

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

In Arkansas 1

  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
Elsewhere in the South (54)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Year-round.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
Northeast (6)
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Year-round.
Land cover and other classes (29)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Year-round: nests here, in all 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 76

Plants 313

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Arkansas

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 85

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 45

Plants 142

All of forest edges and thickets in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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