Bird
Cape May Warbler
Dendroica tigrina
Passes through Mississippi on migration. Found in 70 of 82 counties, across 1 habitat.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 70 of 82 counties
- Habitats
- 1

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 70 of 82 counties
- Habitats
- 1
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Mississippi 1
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (17)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (8)
- Florida Dry Prairie Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
- South Florida Pine Rockland Winter.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
- Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Northeast (4)
- Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Winter.
- Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-(Oak) Forest Winter.
- Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Winter.
Midwest (1)
- Boreal Aspen-Birch Forest Winter.
Land cover and other classes (4)
- Boreal White Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
- Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
- Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
Seasons in Mississippi
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 70 of 82 counties.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Mississippi, 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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 129
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Plants 1094
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Carolina HorsenettleSolanum carolinense var. carolinense
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Mississippi
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Cape May Warbler
- 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)






















