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White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

A winter visitor to North Carolina, found in 77 of 100 counties and 9 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
77 of 100 counties
Habitats
9

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
77 of 100 counties
Habitats
9
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in North Carolina 9

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

1 of 9

Freshwater marshes

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
WinterCentral 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.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Black Mountainlabel QS:Len,"Black Mountain"
WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; 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.

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

Dry forests and woodlands

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

WinterSoutheastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

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

Mountain balds

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

WinterSouthern 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.

WinterAtlantic 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.

WinterDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Wet meadows

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

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems
Other habitats in its models (74)

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 Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (33)
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • South Texas Lomas Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
Northeast (3)
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter.
Midwest (8)
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Winter.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter.
Land cover and other classes (28)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier 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 Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in North Carolina

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 77 of 100 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 231

Plant genera in its diet records (37)
  • Avena Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Triticum Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Amaranthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Anthemis Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Brassica Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Calandrinia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Carex Seeds. 1 diet record. 148 native plants in North Carolina
  • Cassia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Ceanothus Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Centaurea Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Chenopodium Seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Claytonia Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Deinandra Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Erodium Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Eschscholzia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Ficus Fruit. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Geranium Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Helianthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 16 native plants in North Carolina
  • Lactuca Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in North Carolina
  • Lupinus Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Madia Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Phalaris Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Polygonum Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in North Carolina
  • Portulaca Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Prunus Fruit. 1 diet record. 10 native plants in North Carolina
  • Rubus Fruit. 1 diet record. 11 native plants in North Carolina
  • Rumex Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Sambucus Fruit. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Silene Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in North Carolina
  • Solanum Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Sonchus Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Sorghum Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Spergula Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Stellaria Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Toxicodendron Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Trifolium Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Zea Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

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.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 89

Plants 1314

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in North Carolina

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 40

Plants 231

All of forest edges and thickets in North Carolina

Mountain balds

Birds 23

Plants 76

All of mountain balds in North Carolina

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources