Bird
Bachman's Sparrow
Aimophila aestivalis
Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in 63 of 67 counties, across 6 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 63 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 6

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 63 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 6
- Habitat models
- Year-round
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Florida 6
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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.
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.
Other habitats in its models (26)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
- South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
- Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Year-round.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Year-round.
- Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
- Recently Logged Areas Year-round.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round.
- Recently Burned Year-round.
- Recently Burned Forest Year-round.
- Recently Burned Grassland Year-round.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round.
- Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
- The model links smaller forest patches to larger nearby open areas.
Seasons in Florida
- Year-round: nests here, in 63 of 67 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 472
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Many-flowered Grass-pinkCalopogon multiflorus
- Spiked MedusaOrthochilus ecristatus
- Dwarf Live OakQuercus minima
- Splitbeard BluestemAndropogon ternarius
- Hartwrightia floridanaHartwrightia floridana
- Lyonia fruticosaLyonia fruticosa
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- Sorghastrum secundumSorghastrum secundum
- Vaccinium myrsinitesVaccinium myrsinites
- Verbesina heterophyllaVerbesina heterophylla
- Rain LilyZephyranthes simpsonii
- Florida Peanut-grassAmphicarpum muehlenbergianum
- Tall ThreeawnAristida patula
- Carolina WiregrassAristida stricta
- Purple Honeycomb-headBalduina atropurpurea
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- LeConte's ThistleCirsium lecontei
Wildlife 263
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP year-round habitat model for Bachman's Sparrow
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)




































