Bird
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
A winter visitor to Virginia, found in all 133 counties and cities and 8 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 8

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 8
- Habitat models
- 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.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone


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.
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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Tree plantations and managed pine
Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.
Other habitats in its models (74)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
- Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland 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 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.
- Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
- Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter.
- Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and 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.
- Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory 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.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
- Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter.
- East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
- Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
- Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Winter.
- Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
- Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Winter.
- North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter.
- North-Central Oak Barrens Winter.
- Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter.
- Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
- Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
- Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
- Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
- Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
- South Texas Lomas Winter.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
- Recently Burned Winter.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter.
- Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
- South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
- Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
- Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
- Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
Seasons in Virginia
- Winter: does not nest here, in all 133 counties and cities.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 405
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Coastal Sand SpurgeEuphorbia exserta
- American IpecacEuphorbia ipecacuanhae
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Creeping AsterEurybia surculosa
- Annual FimbryFimbristylis annua
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Coastal BedstrawGalium bermudense
- Hairy BedstrawGalium pilosum
- Dwarf HuckleberryGaylussacia dumosa
- DangleberryGaylussacia frondosa
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- Appalachian GentianGentiana austromontana
- Pine Barren GentianGentiana autumnalis
- Pine-barren SandwortGeocarpon carolinianum
- Appalachian SandwortGeocarpon glabrum
- Bent AvensGeum geniculatum
- Low CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Purpledisk SunflowerHelianthus atrorubens
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Hairy SunflowerHelianthus hirsutus
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Cow-parsnipHeracleum maximum
Wildlife 243
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
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 White-crowned 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)





































