Bird
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
A winter visitor to Mississippi, found in all 82 counties and 8 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 8

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 8
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Mississippi 8
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
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.
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.
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.
Other habitats in its models (83)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Winter.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
- Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Winter.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Winter.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Winter.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Winter.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Winter.
- South Texas Lomas Winter.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter.
- Recently Burned Winter.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Mississippi
- Winter: does not nest here, in all 82 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 228
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- American BeechFagus grandifolia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- White OakQuercus alba
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- White AshFraxinus americana
- TuliptreeLiriodendron tulipifera
- SourwoodOxydendrum arboreum
- Poison-ivyToxicodendron radicans
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Ravine SedgeCarex impressinervia
- Mockernut HickoryCarya tomentosa
- Longleaf SpikegrassChasmanthium sessiliflorum
- Little Brown JugHexastylis arifolia
- American HollyIlex opaca
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
Wildlife 232
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Mississippi. Not sighting records.
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Fox Sparrow
- 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)














































