Bird

Grasshopper Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 4

Male Grasshopper Sparrow, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Ken Clark, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 405196138. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 4
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Florida 4

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

1 of 4

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

SummerWinterCentral Florida Herbaceous Pondshore

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.

SummerWinter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterPasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Other habitats in its models (29)

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

West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer and winter.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Summer and winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer and winter.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
South Texas Lomas Summer and winter.
South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
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.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer and winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer and winter.