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White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

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

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
11

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
11
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 11

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

1 of 11

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
WinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County
WinterCentral Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and BarrensStanding water on a limestone glade. Shown: Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens State Natural Area, Rutherford County, Tennessee, a neighboring state.Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

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

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

WinterOzark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland; Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland; Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

WinterCentral Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

WinterMississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

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

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

WinterDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (72)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • South Texas Lomas Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

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

Also found in this habitat

Plants 454

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 231

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources