Bird
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Lives in Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 133 counties and cities, across 8 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 8
At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 8
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Virginia 8
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
1 of 8
Granite and other acidic rock outcrops
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.
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.
Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades.
Other habitats in its models (38)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia. Those recorded in Virginia first, the rest by region.
In Virginia 1
- Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
Elsewhere in the South (14)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
- Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
- Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Winter.
- Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
- Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
- Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
Northeast (1)
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer.
Land cover and other classes (22)
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and 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 Summer and winter.
- Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry 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.
- Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
- 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.
- Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
- The model distinguishes abandoned fields from actively planted row crops.
Seasons in Virginia
- Year-round: nests here, in all 133 counties and cities.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 239
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Broadleaf ArrowheadSagittaria latifolia
- Dwarf ArrowheadSagittaria subulata
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Olney's ThreesquareSchoenoplectus americanus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria leonardii
- Cliff StonecropSedum glaucophyllum
- Seneca SnakerootSenega officinalis
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Three-toothed CinquefoilSibbaldiopsis tridentata
- Round Leaf Fire PinkSilene rotundifolia
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Cutleaf GoldenrodSolidago arguta
Wildlife 257
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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 Field Sparrow Avoids forest interior
- 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)