Bird

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

A summer resident that nests in Mississippi. Found in all 82 counties, across 10 habitats.

Here: Summer and on migration
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 82 counties
Habitats: 10

Male American Redstart, whole bird — **Male**. no rights reserved. CC0. iNaturalist photo 618581507. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer and on migration
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 82 counties
Habitats: 10
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 10

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

1 of 10

SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; 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.

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.

WinterSouthern 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.

SummerWinter

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; Mississippi River Bottomland Depression

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.

SummerWinterDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest

Other habitats in its models (65)

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

Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer and winter.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer and winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer and winter.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer and winter.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer and winter.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer and winter.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.