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Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Lives in Mississippi all year and nests here. Found in all 82 counties, across 6 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
6

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
6
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 6

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

1 of 6

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

SummerWinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

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

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

Prairies and grasslands

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

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (38)

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

Elsewhere in the South (15)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
Northeast (3)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer.
Land cover and other classes (20)
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Recently Burned Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
  • The model distinguishes abandoned fields from actively planted row crops.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Year-round: nests here, in all 82 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 3 of 82 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 98

Plant genera in its diet records (17)
  • Panicum Seeds. 7 diet records. 14 native plants in Mississippi
  • Deschampsia Seeds. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Digitaria Seeds. 3 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Acalypha Seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Bromus Seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Cirsium Seeds. 2 diet records. 7 native plants in Mississippi
  • Danthonia Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Festuca Seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Oxalis Seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Poa Seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rumex Seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Setaria Seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sorghastrum Seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Avena 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Chloris Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Cyperus Seeds. 1 diet record. 35 native plants in Mississippi
  • Euphorbia Seeds. 1 diet record. 14 native plants in Mississippi

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

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

Plants 1094

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Mississippi

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 75

Plants 172

All of forest edges and thickets in Mississippi

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 127

Plants 118

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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