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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

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. Those recorded in West Virginia first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (27)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
Northeast (3)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
Land cover and other classes (11)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Winter.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 55 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 318

Plant genera in its diet records (42)
  • Ambrosia 2 diet records. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Digitaria 2 diet records. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Euphorbia 2 diet records. 10 native plants in West Virginia
  • Panicum 2 diet records. 11 native plants in West Virginia
  • Setaria 2 diet records. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Triticum 2 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Urochloa 2 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Acalypha 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Amaranthus 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Athysanus 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Avena 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Brassica 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Calandrinia 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Carex 1 diet record. 161 native plants in West Virginia
  • Centaurea 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Chenopodium 1 diet record. 4 native plants in West Virginia
  • Croton 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Dactyloctenium 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Deinandra 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Diodella 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Eleusine 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Empetrum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Erodium 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Helianthus 1 diet record. 13 native plants in West Virginia
  • Hordeum 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Liquidambar 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Madia 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Paspalum 1 diet record. 5 native plants in West Virginia
  • Persicaria 1 diet record. 10 native plants in West Virginia
  • Pinus 1 diet record. 6 native plants in West Virginia
  • Polygonum 1 diet record. 4 native plants in West Virginia
  • Ranunculus 1 diet record. 17 native plants in West Virginia
  • Rumex 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Sambucus 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Scirpus 1 diet record. 11 native plants in West Virginia
  • Scleranthus 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Stellaria 1 diet record. 6 native plants in West Virginia
  • Trifolium 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Verbena 1 diet record. 5 native plants in West Virginia
  • Viola 1 diet record. 31 native plants in West Virginia
  • Zanthoxylum 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Zea 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in West Virginia, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 120

Plants 12

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in West Virginia

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 103

Plants 303

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in West Virginia

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 96

Plants 905

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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