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Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round and winter in Florida, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 8 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Year-round and winter
Breeding
Breeding
Range
60 of 67 counties
Habitats
8

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Florida
Year-round and winter
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
60 of 67
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model Winter model

Habitats in Florida 8

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 8

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
Summer and 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.

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
Summer and winterFlorida Dry PrairieLimestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Summer and winterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

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.

Summer and winter

Florida scrub

Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.

Winter

Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

SummerFlorida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Summer and winterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (34)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood 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
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter
  • Recently Burned Summer and winter
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub 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
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer
  • The model distinguishes abandoned fields from actively planted row crops.

Model settings

Settings in the USGS model, not field measurements.

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Florida

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Year-round. Breeding and nonbreeding. Range includes 23 of 67 counties
  • Winter. Nonbreeding. Range includes 60 of 67 counties

Also found in this habitat

Plants 235

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

Wildlife 282

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

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

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