Bird

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Passes through Mississippi on migration. Found in all 82 counties, across 11 habitats.

Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 82 counties
Habitats: 11

Adult Least Flycatcher, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) Andrew Murray, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 312651491. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 82 counties
Habitats: 11
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 11

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

1 of 11

Coastal Plain hammocks

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.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock

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

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome

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; Managed Tree Plantation

SummerBeside its main habitat.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerBeside its main habitat.Developed, Open Space

Other habitats in its models (53)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi.

Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter, beside its main habitat.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer, beside its main habitat.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
Recently Logged Areas Summer, beside its main habitat.
Recently Burned Summer, beside its main habitat.
Recently Burned Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer, beside its main habitat.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.