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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.

1 of 4

Streams, rivers and their banks

Watauga Falls
WinterSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianNamed 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.

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

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterPasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
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.

All habitats

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.

Wildlife 242

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.

Sources