Bird

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 12 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 12

Male Wild Turkey, whole bird — **Male**. (c) gpete, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 199873829. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 12
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 12

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

1 of 12

Year-roundSouth Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)*In the Jungle, Florida*, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; South Florida Pine Flatwoods; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsGeorge 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.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; South Florida Bayhead Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; South Florida Cypress Dome; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Ocklawaha River, FloridaFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

Year-roundAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundHarvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Moist forests

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

Year-roundEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Sandhills

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

Year-roundFlorida 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.

Year-roundDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Prairies and grasslands

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

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Florida Dry Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Other habitats in its models (279)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 2

Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round.

Elsewhere in the South (88)

Appalachian Shale Barrens Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Year-round.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Year-round.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Year-round.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round.
Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
Edwards Plateau Mesic Canyon Year-round.
Edwards Plateau Riparian Year-round.
Llano Uplift Acidic Forest, Woodland and Glade Year-round.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Year-round.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Year-round.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Lowland Year-round.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Year-round.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Year-round.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Year-round.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Year-round.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Year-round.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Year-round.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Year-round.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Year-round.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Year-round.
Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Year-round.
Southern Rocky Mountain Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
Southwestern Great Plains Canyon Year-round.
Tamaulipan Floodplain Year-round.
Tamaulipan Savanna Grassland Year-round.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Year-round.
Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
Western Great Plains Sandhill Steppe Year-round, beside its main habitat.

Northeast (12)

Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Year-round.
Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Year-round.
Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-(Oak) Forest Year-round.
Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round.

Midwest (24)

Central Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Year-round.
Great Lakes Alvar Year-round.
Great Lakes Dune Year-round.
Great Lakes Wet-Mesic Lakeplain Prairie Year-round.
Great Plains Prairie Pothole Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Laurentian Pine-Oak Barrens Year-round.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Year-round.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Oak Barrens Year-round.
Northern Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Northwestern Great Plains Aspen Forest and Parkland Year-round.
Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Year-round.
Northwestern Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Northwestern Great Plains Riparian Year-round.
Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Year-round.

West (89)

California Central Valley and Southern Coastal Grassland Year-round.
California Central Valley Mixed Oak Savanna Year-round.
California Central Valley Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
California Coastal Live Oak Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
California Lower Montane Blue Oak-Foothill Pine Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
California Mesic Chaparral Year-round.
California Mesic Serpentine Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
California Montane Jeffrey Pine-(Ponderosa Pine) Woodland Year-round.
California Montane Woodland and Chaparral Year-round.
California Northern Coastal Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Central and Southern California Mixed Evergreen Woodland Year-round.
Colorado Plateau Mixed Bedrock Canyon and Tableland Year-round.
Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Shrubland Year-round.
Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
Columbia Basin Foothill and Canyon Dry Grassland Year-round.
Columbia Basin Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
Columbia Basin Palouse Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Columbia Plateau Silver Sagebrush Seasonally Flooded Shrub-Steppe Year-round.
Columbia Plateau Steppe and Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Columbia Plateau Western Juniper Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
East Cascades Mesic Montane Mixed-Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
East Cascades Oak-Ponderosa Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Great Basin Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
Great Basin Semi-Desert Chaparral Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Inter-Mountain Basins Aspen-Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and Canyon Year-round.
Inter-Mountain Basins Juniper Savanna Year-round.
Klamath-Siskiyou Lower Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Year-round.
Klamath-Siskiyou Upper Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Year-round.
Klamath-Siskiyou Xeromorphic Serpentine Savanna and Chaparral Year-round.
Madrean Encinal Year-round.
Madrean Juniper Savanna Year-round.
Madrean Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Madrean Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
Madrean Upper Montane Conifer-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Mediterranean California Dry-Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Mediterranean California Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland Year-round.
Mediterranean California Lower Montane Black Oak-Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Mediterranean California Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Mediterranean California Mesic Serpentine Woodland and Chaparral Year-round.
Mediterranean California Mixed Evergreen Forest Year-round.
Mediterranean California Mixed Oak Woodland Year-round.
Mediterranean California Serpentine Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Seep Year-round.
Mediterranean California Subalpine Meadow Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Middle Rocky Mountain Montane Douglas-fir Forest and Woodland Year-round.
North American Warm Desert Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
North Pacific Dry Douglas-fir-(Madrone) Forest and Woodland Year-round.
North Pacific Dry-Mesic Silver Fir-Western Hemlock-Douglas-fir Forest Year-round.
North Pacific Herbaceous Bald and Bluff Year-round.
North Pacific Lowland Riparian Forest and Shrubland Year-round.
North Pacific Montane Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
North Pacific Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
North Pacific Oak Woodland Year-round.
North Pacific Serpentine Barren Year-round.
Northern and Central California Dry-Mesic Chaparral Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Northern California Mesic Subalpine Woodland Year-round.
Northern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest Year-round.
Northern Rocky Mountain Foothill Conifer Wooded Steppe Year-round.
Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane, Foothill and Valley Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Northern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest Year-round.
Northern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Woodland and Parkland Year-round.
Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Upper Montane Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Northern Rocky Mountain Western Larch Savanna Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple Ravine Woodland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Shrubland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Limber-Bristlecone Pine Woodland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Mesic Meadow Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Shrubland Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Woodland Year-round.
Sierran-Intermontane Desert Western White Pine-White Fir Woodland Year-round.
Southern California Oak Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
Southern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Southern Rocky Mountain Juniper Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
Southern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Southern Rocky Mountain Montane-Subalpine Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Savanna Year-round.
Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland Year-round.
Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Willamette Valley Upland Prairie and Savanna Year-round.
Willamette Valley Wet Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.

Land cover and other classes (64)

Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Year-round.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Year-round.
Developed, Low Intensity Year-round, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Harvested Forest - Northwestern Conifer Regeneration Year-round.
Inter-Mountain Basins Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Riparian Systems Year-round.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Systems Year-round.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
North American Warm Desert Riparian Systems Year-round.
North Pacific Lowland Mixed Hardwood-Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Northwestern Great Plains - Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Year-round.
Recently Burned Year-round.
Recently Burned Forest Year-round.
Recently Burned Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Recently Chained Pinyon-Juniper Areas Year-round.
Recently Logged Areas Year-round.
Rocky Mountain Montane Riparian Systems Year-round.
South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Year-round.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Tamaulipan Clay Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Year-round.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Year-round.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

Year-round: nests here, in all 67 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 663

Black Oak
Quercus velutina
Tree. Native
Blackjack Oak
Quercus marilandica
Tree. Native
Bluejack Oak
Quercus incana
Tree. Native
Bluff Oak
Quercus austrina
Tree. Native
Cherrybark Oak
Quercus pagoda
Tree. Native
Chinquapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Tree. Native
Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
Quercus prinoides
Tree. Native
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Tree. Native
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Tree. Native
Overcup Oak
Quercus lyrata
Tree. Native
Post Oak
Quercus stellata
Tree. Native
Sand Live Oak
Quercus geminata
Tree. Native
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Tree. Native
Southern Red Oak
Quercus falcata
Tree. Native
Swamp Chestnut Oak
Quercus michauxii
Tree. Native
Swamp Post Oak
Quercus similis
Tree. Native
Turkey Oak
Quercus laevis
Tree. Native
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Tree. Native
Beadle's Hybrid Oak
Quercus × beadlei
Native
Durand Oak
Quercus durandii
Native
Hybrid Oak
Quercus × subintegra
Native
Mellichamp's Oak
Quercus × mellichampii
Native

Plant genera in its diet records (118)

Quercus Seeds and leaves. 39 diet records. 43 native plants in Florida
Pinus Seeds. 28 diet records. 7 native plants in Florida
Paspalum Seeds. 21 diet records. 19 native plants in Florida
Cyperus Roots. 19 diet records. 37 native plants in Florida
Panicum Seeds. 19 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
Prunus 19 diet records. 7 native plants in Florida
Bouteloua 18 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Muhlenbergia 18 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Digitaria Seeds. 17 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
Medicago 16 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Zea Seeds. 16 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Rubus Seeds. 13 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
Erodium 12 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Juniperus Fruit. 12 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Taraxacum 12 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Axonopus Seeds. 11 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Bromus 10 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Eragrostis 10 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
Ranunculus 10 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Rhus Fruit. 10 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
Avena Seeds. 9 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Arctostaphylos Fruit. 8 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Astragalus 8 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
Ilex Seeds. 7 diet records. 13 native plants in Florida
Nyssa Seeds. 7 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
Oxalis 7 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Sabal Seeds. 7 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
Smilax Seeds. 7 diet records. 12 native plants in Florida
Taxodium Seeds. 7 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
Calochortus 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Descurainia 6 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Festuca 6 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Heliomeris 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Koeleria 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Lespedeza 6 diet records. 9 native plants in Florida
Trifolium 6 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
Vitis Fruit. 6 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Myrica Seeds. 5 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Portulaca Seeds. 5 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
Rhynchospora Seeds. 5 diet records. 56 native plants in Florida
Xyris Seeds. 5 diet records. 25 native plants in Florida
Allium Seeds. 4 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Androsace 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Callicarpa 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Chenopodium 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Cirsium 4 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Diodella 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Erigeron 4 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
Eriogonum 4 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
Galium 4 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
Helianthus 4 diet records. 14 native plants in Florida
Iris 4 diet records. 7 native plants in Florida
Lappula 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Mimulus 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Munroa 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Oenothera 4 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
Opuntia 4 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
Piptochaetium 4 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
Poa 4 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Polygonum 4 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
Silene 4 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
Stipa 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Tragopogon 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Vicia 4 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Viola 4 diet records. 9 native plants in Florida
Xanthisma Fruit. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Echinochloa 3 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Krascheninnikovia 3 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Physalis Seeds. 3 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
Rhamnus Fruit. 3 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Achillea 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Achnatherum 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Acmispon 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Actaea 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Agoseris 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Amaranthus 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Andropogon 2 diet records. 16 native plants in Florida
Arisaema 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Artemisia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Carex 2 diet records. 77 native plants in Florida
Crataegus 2 diet records. 9 native plants in Florida
Euphorbia 2 diet records. 39 native plants in Florida
Fagus Seeds and flowers. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Glyceria 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Glycine 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Hoffmannseggia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Hopia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Hymenothrix 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Hymenoxys 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Isoetes Other parts. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
Lactuca 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
Lupinus 2 diet records. 5 native plants in Florida
Melia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Menodora 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Mitchella 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Myrsine Seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Ostrya 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Pedicularis 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Plantago 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Psoralidium 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Rosa 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Florida
Rumex 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Florida
Scleria Seeds. 2 diet records. 9 native plants in Florida
Solanum 2 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
Solidago 2 diet records. 20 native plants in Florida
Sphaeralcea 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
Sporobolus 2 diet records. 8 native plants in Florida
Verbesina 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
Agave Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
Argemone Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Florida
Baptisia 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Florida
Cornus 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Florida
Hilaria 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
Lycopodium 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
Penstemon 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Florida
Tsuga 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
Viburnum 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Florida
Vulpia 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

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.