Bird

Prairie Warbler

Dendroica discolor

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round, winter and summer in Florida, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 13 habitats found here.

Seasons here: Year-round, winter and summer
Breeding: Breeding
Range: 31 of 67 counties
Habitats: 13

Male Prairie Warbler, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Matt Felperin, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 133777987. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Seasons in Florida: Year-round, winter and summer
Breeding: Breeding
Counties in known range: 31 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 13

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

1 of 13

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.

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 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 Wetland

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

WinterSouth Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock

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

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

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

Mangrove swamps

Tidal forests and thickets of red, black and white mangrove along sheltered tropical and subtropical shores.

Summer and winter

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

Summer and winterSouthwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

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

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

WinterFlorida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

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.

Summer and winterEvergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (86)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Winter
Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer and 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
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer
South Florida Pine Rockland Winter
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer and winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and 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 Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer
Northern Tallgrass Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
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
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer and winter
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer