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Northern Saw-whet Owl

Aegolius acadicus

A winter visitor to Mississippi, found in all 82 counties and 3 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

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

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.

Winter

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; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Swamps

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

WinterLower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier
Other habitats in its models (57)

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

  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer and winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak 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.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer and winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer and winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer and winter.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer and winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer and winter.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer and winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer and winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer and winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 82 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 84

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 226

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Mississippi. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources