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Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Migratory in Florida, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 5 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Migratory
Breeding
Nonbreeding
Range
67 of 67 counties
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Florida
Migratory
Breeding
Nonbreeding
Counties in known range
67 of 67
Habitat models
Summer

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

Habitats in Florida 5

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

1 of 5

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

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

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.

SummerDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (51)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
  • Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer
  • Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Summer
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Florida

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Migratory. Nonbreeding. Range includes 67 of 67 counties

Also found in this habitat

Plants 231

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 244

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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