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Kentucky Warbler

Oporornis formosus

A summer resident that nests in Mississippi. Found in all 82 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 4

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

1 of 4

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

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.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerEast 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

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 Southern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest
Other habitats in its models (48)

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

Elsewhere in the South (29)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain 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.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
Northeast (3)
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Midwest (3)
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
Land cover and other classes (13)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Summer: nests here, in all 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 98

Plants 346

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Mississippi

Swamps

Birds 109

Plants 291

All of swamps in Mississippi

Moist forests

Birds 58

Plants 270

All of moist forests in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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