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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

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

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

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

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades.

WinterCentral Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens

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. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

In Arkansas 3

  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (26)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • South Texas Lomas Winter.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
Northeast (3)
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter.
Midwest (8)
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Winter.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter.
Land cover and other classes (32)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood 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.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood 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.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory 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.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 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 230

Plant genera in its diet records (37)
  • Avena Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Triticum Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Amaranthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Anthemis Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Brassica Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 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
  • Ceanothus Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Centaurea Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Chenopodium Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Claytonia Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Deinandra Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Erodium Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Eschscholzia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Ficus Fruit. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Geranium Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Helianthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 15 native plants in Arkansas
  • Lactuca Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Lupinus Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Madia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Phalaris Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Polygonum Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Portulaca Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Prunus Fruit. 1 diet record. 13 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
  • Silene Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Solanum Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sonchus Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sorghum Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Spergula Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Stellaria Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Toxicodendron Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Trifolium Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 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.

White-crowned Sparrow uses many habitats in Arkansas; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 101

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 37

Plants 152

All of dry forests and woodlands in Arkansas

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 57

Plants 142

All of forest edges and thickets in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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