Bird

Sandhill Crane

Grus canadensis

Passes through Arkansas on migration. Found in 8 of 75 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 8 of 75 counties
Habitats: 3

Male Sandhill Crane, whole bird — **Male**. (c) datadan, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 293068578. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 8 of 75 counties
Habitats: 3
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 3

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

1 of 3

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.

Year-round

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Open Water (Fresh)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay

Other habitats in its models (31)

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

Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Year-round.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Year-round.
Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.
Florida Dry Prairie Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round.
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Year-round.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.