Bird
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
A winter visitor to Florida, found in 47 of 67 counties and 9 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 47 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 9

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 47 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 9
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Florida 9
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.


Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Tree plantations and managed pine
Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.
Other habitats in its models (137)
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.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter.
- Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
- Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Winter.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Winter.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Winter.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory 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.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Winter.
- North-Central Oak Barrens Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter.
- Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Winter.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
- Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
- Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
- North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
- Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
- Recently Burned Winter.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter.
- Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Lowland Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Winter.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Florida
- Winter: does not nest here, in 47 of 67 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 605
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
- Four-angle FlatsedgeCyperus tetragonus
- American BeechFagus grandifolia
- White AshFraxinus americana
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Littleleaf MilkpeaGalactia minor
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- American Witch-hazelHamamelis virginiana
- Hartwrightia floridanaHartwrightia floridana
- Sarvis HollyIlex amelanchier
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Bog SpicebushLindera subcoriacea
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Southern WatergrassLuziola fluitans
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Cynanchum scopariumOrthosia scoparia
- SourwoodOxydendrum arboreum
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
Wildlife 287
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Pine Siskin
- 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)











































