Bird

Prairie Warbler

Dendroica discolor

A summer resident that nests in North Carolina. Found in all 100 counties, across 12 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 100 counties
Habitats: 12

Male Prairie Warbler, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Matt Felperin, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 133777987. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 100 counties
Habitats: 12
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in North Carolina 12

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

1 of 12

SummerSouthern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine ModifierNamed place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland SystemsRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old FieldLyell Carr, Black Mountain: a pasture and hayfield with a log barn, rail fence and grazing cow below the Black Mountains. Black Mountain, North Carolina (Lyell E. Carr)*Black Mountainlabel QS:Len,"Black Mountain"*, Lyell Carr, c. 1890-1912. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime 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

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerWinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

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

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

SummerSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier

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.

SummerWinterEvergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems

Other habitats in its models (88)

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

In North Carolina 2

Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.

Elsewhere in the South (40)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Summer and winter.
South Florida Pine Rockland Winter.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Winter.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.

Northeast (4)

Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer.

Midwest (6)

North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
Northern Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.

Land cover and other classes (36)

Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter.
Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and 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 Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier 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 Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory 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.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer and winter.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer.
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.

All habitats

Seasons in North Carolina

Summer: nests here, in all 100 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in North Carolina, 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.