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Le Conte's Sparrow

Ammodramus leconteii

A winter visitor to Florida, found in 49 of 67 counties and 8 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
49 of 67 counties
Habitats
8

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
49 of 67 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 Florida 8

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

1 of 8

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
WinterAtlantic 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 WetlandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, FloridaWhite Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Freshwater marshes

The Great Florida Marsh
WinterSouth Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshMartin Johnson Heade, The Great Florida Marsh (1886): open marsh and lily-dotted water beneath live oaks and cabbage palms. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, The Great Florida Marsh, 1886; North Carolina Museum of Art)The Great Florida Marsh, Martin Johnson Heade, 1886. Public domain. Source record.

Pine savannas

Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida
WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet PrairieGeorge Catlin, Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida (1834-35): an open grassy savanna with a shallow pond, ringed by tall pines, with palmettos and red wildflowers. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Pine woods of Florida (George Catlin, 1834-35; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida, George Catlin, 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

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

Freshwater tidal marshes

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

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

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterFlorida Dry Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterCultivated Cropland; 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. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 2

  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (8)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
Northeast (1)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Midwest (4)
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
West (1)
  • Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Winter.
Land cover and other classes (18)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 49 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.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 116

Plants 1524

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Florida

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 127

Plants 187

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Florida

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 149

Plants 58

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Florida

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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