Bird

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Lives in Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 133 counties and cities, across 13 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 133 counties and cities
Habitats: 13

Male Eastern Bluebird, whole bird — **Male**. (c) laalv1, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 69785844. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 133 counties and cities
Habitats: 13
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Virginia 13

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

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SummerWinterHarvested 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.

SummerWinterRidge 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.

WinterAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

WinterSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Mountains of North and South Carolina; exact site not identified, a neighboring state.Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

WinterNorthern hardwood forest in winter. Shown: Baxter Creek Trail near Mount Sterling, Haywood County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Frozen northern hardwood forest, Baxter Creek Trail, Brian Stansberry, undated. CC BY 3.0. Source record.

SummerWinterCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsWet pine flatwoods with a shrub layer. Shown: Shaken Creek Preserve, Pender and Onslow Counties, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Wet Pine Flatwoods, Shaken Creek Preserve - typical shrub layer, Robert Thornhill, undated. CC BY 4.0. Source record.

SummerWinterCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsSandy pine savanna. Shown: Shaken Creek Preserve, Pender and Onslow Counties, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Sandy Pine Savanna, Rush Featherling subtype, Robert Thornhill, undated. CC BY 4.0. Source record.

WinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Cove hardwood forest, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerWinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

SummerWinterNorth-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus; Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens

Moderately dry forests

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

WinterNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades.

SummerWinter

Other habitats in its models (165)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
Developed, Medium Intensity Summer and winter.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Cliff and Outcrop Summer and winter.
North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Summer and winter.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
Northwestern Great Plains Aspen Forest and Parkland Winter.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer and winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
Madrean Encinal Summer and winter.
South Florida Pine Rockland Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer and winter.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer and winter.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer and winter.
Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Boreal Aspen-Birch Forest Winter.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
Edwards Plateau Mesic Canyon Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Madrean Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Madrean Upper Montane Conifer-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
Madrean Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Summer and winter.
Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine-Juniper Woodland Summer and winter.
Southern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland Summer and winter.
Southern Rocky Mountain Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Barrens Summer and winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Northwestern Great Plains - Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
Southern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Summer and winter.
Apacherian-Chihuahuan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer and winter.
Apacherian-Chihuahuan Semi-Desert Grassland and Steppe Summer and winter.
Chihuahuan Gypsophilous Grassland and Steppe Summer and winter.
Mogollon Chaparral Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer and winter.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer and winter.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer and winter.
Madrean Juniper Savanna Summer and winter.
Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Savanna Summer and winter.
Southern Rocky Mountain Juniper Woodland and Savanna Summer and winter.
Great Lakes Alvar Summer and winter.
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland Summer and winter.
Southern Rocky Mountain Montane-Subalpine Grassland Summer and winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Chihuahuan Sandy Plains Semi-Desert Grassland Summer and winter.
Northwestern Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
Northern Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
Tamaulipan Savanna Grassland Summer and winter.
Tamaulipan Clay Grassland Summer and winter.
Chihuahuan Loamy Plains Desert Grassland Summer and winter.
Great Lakes Wet-Mesic Lakeplain Prairie Summer and winter.
Llano Uplift Acidic Forest, Woodland and Glade Summer and winter.
Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer and winter.
Recently Chained Pinyon-Juniper Areas Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Lowland Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.
Chihuahuan-Sonoran Desert Bottomland and Swale Grassland Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Eastern Boreal Floodplain Winter.
Tamaulipan Floodplain Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Systems Winter.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Summer and winter.
Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Summer and winter.
Edwards Plateau Riparian Summer and winter.
North American Warm Desert Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
North American Warm Desert Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Shrubland Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Northwestern Great Plains Riparian Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer and winter.
North American Warm Desert Riparian Systems Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter.