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Blackburnian Warbler

Dendroica fusca

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 6 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
6

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
6
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 6

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

1 of 6

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Hemlock forests

Shady, evergreen forests of eastern or Carolina hemlock, often along rocky mountain streams and in gorges.

SummerAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Rich cove forests

Sheltered, moist mountain hollows and lower slopes with deep, fertile soil.

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Spruce-fir forests

Cool, evergreen forests of red spruce and Fraser fir on the highest mountains.

Summer
Other habitats in its models (6)

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

  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 23 of 55 counties.
  • Summer: nests here, in 48 of 55 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 464

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

Wildlife 130

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in West Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources