Bird
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
A summer resident that nests in Florida. Found in all 67 counties, across 7 habitats.
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Florida 7
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.
Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.
Other habitats in its models (62)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (40)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
- Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
Northeast (3)
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Summer.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
Land cover and other classes (19)
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
- Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Seasons in Florida
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 36 of 67 counties.
- Summer: nests here, in 39 of 67 counties.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Florida, 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.
Swamps
Birds 93
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Plants 353
- May HawthornCrataegus aestivalis
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Dark-green SedgeCarex venusta
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Weak Stellate SedgeCarex seorsa
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Iris hexagonaIris hexagona
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus hispidus var. nitidus
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Birds 75
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Plants 286
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Swamp Post OakQuercus similis
- Spruce Pine; Walters Pine; Cedar PinePinus glabra
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
- Arnoglossum sulcatumArnoglossum sulcatum
- Gulf Sebastian-bushDitrysinia fruticosa
- American BladdernutStaphylea trifolia
Maritime forests and thickets
Birds 52
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Red-crowned ParrotAmazona viridigenalis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Plants 48
- Live OakQuercus virginiana
- Asimina angustifoliaAsimina angustifolia
- Forestiera godfreyiForestiera godfreyi
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Tough BumeliaSideroxylon tenax
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Calcium-fleeing SedgeCarex calcifugens
- Florida SedgeCarex nigromarginata var. floridana
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Hooded Warbler Elevation up to 1,200 m
- 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)


















































