Bird
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Aimophila ruficeps
Lives in Arkansas all year and nests here. Found in 3 of 75 counties, across 2 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 3 of 75 counties
- Habitats
- 2

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 3 of 75 counties
- Habitats
- 2
- Habitat models
- Year-round
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
1 of 2

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Other habitats in its models (19)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Western Great Plains Cliff and Outcrop Year-round.
- Southwestern Great Plains Canyon Year-round.
- Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Year-round.
- Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
- Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
- Chihuahuan Mixed Desert and Thorn Scrub Year-round.
- Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Year-round.
- Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Year-round.
- Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Year-round.
- Chihuahuan Gypsophilous Grassland and Steppe Year-round.
- Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
- Edwards Plateau Limestone Shrubland Year-round.
- Recently Logged Areas Year-round.
- Recently Burned Year-round.
- Recently Burned Forest Year-round.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Year-round.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Year-round.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Year-round: nests here, in 3 of 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 69
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- Longleaf SpikegrassChasmanthium sessiliflorum
- American Smoke TreeCotinus obovatus
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Variable WitchgrassDichanthelium commutatum
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Open-flower WitchgrassDichanthelium laxiflorum
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Ouachita BluetHoustonia ouachitana
- Ashe's JuniperJuniperus ashei
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Narrowleaf PinweedLechea tenuifolia
- Hairy LespedezaLespedeza hirta
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- White Bee BalmMonarda russeliana
- Ouachita White BeebalmMonarda stipitatoglandulosa
- Texas NeedlegrassNassella leucotricha
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Awl-shape ScurfpeaPediomelum hypogaeum var. subulatum
- Glade Cleft PhloxPhlox bifida subsp. stellaria
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Dwarf CinquefoilPotentilla canadensis
- Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea
Wildlife 138
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP year-round habitat model for Rufous-crowned Sparrow Elevation 0 to 3,000 m
- 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)







































