Bird

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Passes through West Virginia on migration. Found in all 55 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 4

Adult American Pipit, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) Peter Chen 2.0, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 469787581. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 4
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 4

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

1 of 4

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.

WinterCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterCultivated Cropland

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterBeside its main habitat.Open Water (Fresh)

Other habitats in its models (41)

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

Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Winter.
Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Winter.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.