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White-winged Crossbill

Loxia leucoptera

A winter visitor to Virginia, found in 37 of 133 counties and cities and 8 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
37 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
8

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
37 of 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.

1 of 8

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County
WinterRidge 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.

Hemlock forests

Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream
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.

Spruce-fir forests

Spruce-fir forest
WinterRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Spruce-fir 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.

WinterSouthern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland; Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest

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.

WinterCumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest

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.

Winter

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.

WinterEvergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (23)

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

  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier 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.
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest 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.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland 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.

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 37 of 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 590

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 147

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