Bird
Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Passes through Virginia on migration. Found in 1 of 133 counties and cities, across 7 habitats.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 1 of 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 1 of 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Virginia 7
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.


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.
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.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (43)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
- Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly 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.
- Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
- Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
- Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
- Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
- Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Virginia
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 1 of 133 counties and cities.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 153
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Panicum amarum var. amarulumPanicum amarulum
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Water SmartweedPersicaria amphibia
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- JumpseedPersicaria virginiana
- Coville's PhaceliaPhacelia covillei
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- American SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
- Hornleaf RiverweedPodostemum ceratophyllum
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
Wildlife 256
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Brewer's Blackbird
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)













































