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Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in 1 of 75 counties and 1 habitat.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
1 of 75 counties
Habitats
1

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
1 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.

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

WinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration
Other habitats in its models (120)

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

Elsewhere in the South (8)
  • Coahuilan Chaparral Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Edwards Plateau Riparian Winter.
  • Madrean Oriental Chaparral Winter.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
Midwest (5)
  • Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Riparian Winter.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Shrubland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter.
West (92)
  • Apacherian-Chihuahuan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
  • California Coastal Live Oak Woodland and Savanna Winter.
  • California Lower Montane Blue Oak-Foothill Pine Woodland and Savanna Winter.
  • California Maritime Chaparral Winter.
  • California Mesic Chaparral Winter.
  • California Montane Woodland and Chaparral Winter.
  • California Xeric Serpentine Chaparral Winter.
  • Colorado Plateau Blackbrush-Mormon-tea Shrubland Winter.
  • Colorado Plateau Mixed Low Sagebrush Shrubland Winter.
  • Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Shrubland Winter.
  • Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Winter.
  • Columbia Basin Foothill and Canyon Dry Grassland Winter.
  • Columbia Basin Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Columbia Basin Palouse Prairie Winter.
  • Columbia Plateau Silver Sagebrush Seasonally Flooded Shrub-Steppe Winter.
  • Columbia Plateau Steppe and Grassland Winter.
  • Columbia Plateau Vernal Pool Winter.
  • Columbia Plateau Western Juniper Woodland and Savanna Winter.
  • Great Basin Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Winter.
  • Great Basin Semi-Desert Chaparral Winter.
  • Great Basin Xeric Mixed Sagebrush Shrubland Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Shrubland Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Steppe Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and Canyon Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Greasewood Flat Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Juniper Savanna Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Shale Badland Winter.
  • Klamath-Siskiyou Cliff and Outcrop Winter.
  • Klamath-Siskiyou Lower Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Winter.
  • Klamath-Siskiyou Upper Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Winter.
  • Klamath-Siskiyou Xeromorphic Serpentine Savanna and Chaparral Winter.
  • Madrean Encinal Winter.
  • Madrean Juniper Savanna Winter.
  • Madrean Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Madrean Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Winter.
  • Madrean Upper Montane Conifer-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Dry-Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Lower Montane Black Oak-Conifer Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Mesic Serpentine Woodland and Chaparral Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Mixed Evergreen Forest Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Mixed Oak Woodland Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Serpentine Barrens Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Serpentine Fen Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Serpentine Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Seep Winter.
  • Mediterranean California Subalpine-Montane Fen Winter.
  • Mogollon Chaparral Winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • North Pacific Alpine and Subalpine Bedrock and Scree Winter.
  • North Pacific Bog and Fen Winter.
  • North Pacific Broadleaf Landslide Forest and Shrubland Winter.
  • North Pacific Dry Douglas-fir-(Madrone) Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North Pacific Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Winter.
  • North Pacific Hypermaritime Shrub and Herbaceous Headland Winter.
  • North Pacific Lowland Riparian Forest and Shrubland Winter.
  • North Pacific Montane Massive Bedrock, Cliff and Talus Winter.
  • North Pacific Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • North Pacific Montane Shrubland Winter.
  • North Pacific Oak Woodland Winter.
  • North Pacific Serpentine Barren Winter.
  • North Pacific Shrub Swamp Winter.
  • North Pacific Volcanic Rock and Cinder Land Winter.
  • Northern and Central California Dry-Mesic Chaparral Winter.
  • Northern California Coastal Scrub Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Conifer Swamp Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Foothill Conifer Wooded Steppe Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Montane-Foothill Deciduous Shrubland Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Deciduous Shrubland Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Woodland and Parkland Winter.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Western Larch Savanna Winter.
  • Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple Ravine Woodland Winter.
  • Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine-Juniper Woodland Winter.
  • Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland Winter.
  • Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Shrubland Winter.
  • Sierra Nevada Subalpine Lodgepole Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Sonora-Mojave Semi-Desert Chaparral Winter.
  • Sonoran Mid-Elevation Desert Scrub Winter.
  • Southern California Coastal Scrub Winter.
  • Southern California Dry-Mesic Chaparral Winter.
  • Southern California Oak Woodland and Savanna Winter.
  • Temperate Pacific Freshwater Emergent Marsh Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Willamette Valley Upland Prairie and Savanna Winter.
  • Wyoming Basins Dwarf Sagebrush Shrubland and Steppe Winter.
Land cover and other classes (15)
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Northwestern Conifer Regeneration Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Northwestern Great Plains - Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna Winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Recently Chained Pinyon-Juniper Areas Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 1 of 75 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 232

Plant genera in its diet records (27)
  • Avena Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Amaranthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Calandrinia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Carex Seeds. 1 diet record. 144 native plants in Arkansas
  • Cassia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Centaurea Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Claytonia Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Croton Seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Arkansas
  • Erodium Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Ficus Fruit. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Lonicera Fruit. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Madia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Plantago Seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Arkansas
  • Polygonum Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Prunus Fruit. 1 diet record. 13 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rhus Seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rubus Fruit. 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rumex Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sambucus Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Solanum Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Stellaria Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Toxicodendron Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Trifolium Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Triticum Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Vitis Fruit. 1 diet record. 12 native plants in Arkansas
  • Zea Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

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.

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 56

Plants 142

All of forest edges and thickets in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources