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Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii

A summer resident that nests in Virginia. Found in 131 of 133 counties and cities, across 5 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
131 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
131 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Virginia 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 5

Streams, rivers and their banks

Watauga Falls
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-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.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerCentral Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Mountain bogs and fens

Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss.

Summer

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
SummerOnly within 120 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.
Other habitats in its models (6)

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

  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 82 of 133 counties and cities.
  • Summer: nests here, in 74 of 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 536

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

Wildlife 225

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.

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