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Sprague's Pipit

Anthus spragueii

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in 11 of 75 counties and 2 habitats.

Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
11 of 75 counties
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
11 of 75 counties
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Winter

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

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterArkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland; Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie; West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie; West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterDisturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (21)

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

Elsewhere in the South (4)
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter.
Midwest (4)
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
West (2)
  • Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Winter.
Land cover and other classes (11)
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 8 of 75 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 4 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 192

Plant genera in its diet records (6)
  • Ambrosia 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Carex 1 diet record. 144 native plants in Arkansas
  • Croton 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Arkansas
  • Euphorbia 1 diet record. 19 native plants in Arkansas
  • Lithospermum 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Panicum 1 diet record. 12 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.

Prairies and grasslands

Birds 40

Plants 187

All of prairies and grasslands in Arkansas

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 85

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources