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Cerulean Warbler

Dendroica cerulea

A summer resident that nests in Mississippi. Found in all 82 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 3

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

1 of 3

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood 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
Other habitats in its models (41)

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

Elsewhere in the South (19)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
Northeast (7)
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
Midwest (5)
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
Land cover and other classes (10)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 50 of 82 counties.
  • Summer: nests here, in 45 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.

Moist forests

Birds 58

Plants 270

All of moist forests in Mississippi

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 53

Plants 190

All of dry forests and woodlands in Mississippi

Tree plantations and managed pine

Birds 66

Plants 1

All of tree plantations and managed pine in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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