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American Tree Sparrow

Spizella arborea

A winter visitor to Virginia, found in all 133 counties and cities and 10 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 133 counties and cities
Habitats
10

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 133 counties and cities
Habitats
10
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Virginia 10

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

1 of 10

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
WinterDisturbed/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.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County
WinterRidge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and WoodlandLimestone cedar glade. Shown: Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Kentucky, a neighboring state.Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Mason Brock (Masebrock), undated. Public domain. Source record.

Mountain balds

Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020
WinterSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub ModifierGrassy mountain bald with shrub islands. Shown: Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, Swain County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020, Andrea Walton / Great Smoky Mountains National Park, July 2020. Public domain. Source record.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Watauga Falls
WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian SystemsNamed place / source context. Shown: Watauga Falls, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Watauga Falls, Illustrator/engraver not confidently attributed; reproduced in Zeigler and Grosscup, The Heart of the Alleghanies (1883), 1883. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

Winter

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.

WinterCentral Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest

Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay
Other habitats in its models (30)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 506

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

Wildlife 256

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

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

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