Bird

Wilson's Warbler

Wilsonia pusilla

Passes through Arkansas on migration. Found in all 75 counties, across 8 habitats.

Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 75 counties
Habitats: 8

Male Wilson's Warbler, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Brent Cox, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 748995482. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 75 counties
Habitats: 8
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 8

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

1 of 8

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.

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

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

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; Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Moderately dry forests

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

WinterMississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterLower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland Depression

Other habitats in its models (21)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore 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.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Recently Logged Areas Winter.
Recently Burned Winter.
Recently Burned Forest Winter.
Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.