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Vesper Sparrow

Pooecetes gramineus

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 3 habitats.

Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

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.

Winter

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/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 (2)
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Winter.
Midwest (1)
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter.
West (1)
  • California Central Valley Mixed Oak Savanna Winter.
Land cover and other classes (17)
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 28 of 75 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 58 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 267

Plant genera in its diet records (21)
  • Nassella 10 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Camelina 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Carex 6 diet records. 144 native plants in Arkansas
  • Amaranthus 4 diet records. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Chenopodium 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Panicum Seeds. 4 diet records. 12 native plants in Arkansas
  • Poa 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Viola 4 diet records. 17 native plants in Arkansas
  • Androsace 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Bouteloua 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Cyperus Seeds. 2 diet records. 25 native plants in Arkansas
  • Danthonia Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Deschampsia Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Euphorbia 2 diet records. 19 native plants in Arkansas
  • Hesperostipa 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Oxalis Seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Plantago 2 diet records. 8 native plants in Arkansas
  • Setaria Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sorghastrum Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sporobolus 2 diet records. 14 native plants in Arkansas
  • Thlaspi 2 diet records. 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.

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

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 102

Plants 17

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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