Bird
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Passes through Virginia on migration. Found in 49 of 133 counties and cities, across 4 habitats.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 49 of 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 4

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 49 of 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 4
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Virginia 4
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Streams, rivers and their banks

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.
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 (72)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier 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 Winter.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest 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 Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
- Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest 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 Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest 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.
- East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
- Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh 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.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems 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.
- Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
- South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
- Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Virginia
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 49 of 133 counties and cities.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 401
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- White Leaf Leather FlowerClematis glaucophylla
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Stalked PanicgrassColeataenia pulchra
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- American HazelnutCorylus americana
- Pear HawthornCrataegus calpodendron
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Canadian HonewortCryptotaenia canadensis
- Fraser's SedgeCymophyllus fraserianus
- Kentucky Ladys SlipperCypripedium kentuckiense
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Variable WitchgrassDichanthelium commutatum
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Yellow YamDioscorea villosa
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
Wildlife 242
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
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 Lincoln's Sparrow
- 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)






































