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Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 15 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
15

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
15
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 15

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

1 of 15

Moist forests

Woods Scene
SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic ForestHarvey Joiner, Woods Scene: tall beeches in a moist Kentucky woodland, light falling through a closed canopy onto a damp forest floor. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Kentucky beech woods (Harvey Joiner, Louisville painter of Kentucky beech forests; the painting does not name the site), a neighboring state.Woods Scene, Harvey Joiner, c. 1880-1920. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsWilliam McIlvaine, The Chickahominy Swamp (1862): wind-tossed swamp trees standing in dark water under a storm. Shown: Chickahominy Swamp, Virginia, a neighboring state.The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405, William McIlvaine (1813-1867), 1862. Public domain. Source record.

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; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerCentral Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - 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

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.

SummerNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Rich cove forests

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

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Cumberland Riverscour; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Forest edges and thickets

Landscape label QS:Lit,"Paesaggio" label QS:Lhu,"Tájkép" label QS:Lca,"Paisatge" label QS:Lde,"Landschaft" label QS:Lpt,"Paisagem" label QS:Lda,"Landskab" label QS:Lsl,"Krajina" label QS:Lja,"風景" label QS:Lsv,"Landskap" label QS:Lpl,"Pejzaż" label QS:Luk,"Пейзаж" label QS:Lnl,"Landschap" label QS:Les,"Paisaje" label QS:Ltr,"Manzara" label QS:Lfi,"Maisema" label QS:Len,"Landscape" label QS:Lfr,"Paysage" label QS:Lmk,"Предел" label QS:Lru,"Пейзаж"
SummerBeside its main habitat.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationPaul Sawyier, Landscape: young trees and shrubs in autumn colour crowding the rocky edge of a Kentucky woodland. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Kentucky (Paul Sawyier, Landscape; Johnson Collection), a neighboring state.Landscape label QS:Lit,"Paesaggio" label QS:Lhu,"Tájkép" label QS:Lca,"Paisatge" label QS:Lde,"Landschaft" label QS:Lpt,"Paisagem" label QS:Lda,"Landskab" label QS:Lsl,"Krajina" label QS:Lja,"風景" label QS:Lsv,"Landskap" label QS:Lpl,"Pejzaż" label QS:Luk,"Пейзаж" label QS:Lnl,"Landschap" label QS:Les,"Paisaje" label QS:Ltr,"Manzara" label QS:Lfi,"Maisema" label QS:Len,"Landscape" label QS:Lfr,"Paysage" label QS:Lmk,"Предел" label QS:Lru,"Пейзаж", Paul Sawyier, c. 1890-1917. 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.

SummerBeside its main habitat.

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.

SummerBeside its main habitat.North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus; Southern Interior Acid Cliff

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

Ponds, lakes and their shores

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

SummerBeside its main habitat.Open Water (Fresh)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerBeside its main habitat.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

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.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (215)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia. Those recorded in West Virginia first, the rest by region.

In West Virginia 1

  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
Elsewhere in the South (126)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Louisiana Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Mangrove Swamp Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Southeast Florida Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Northeast (7)
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
Midwest (12)
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer, beside its main habitat.
West (1)
  • Southern Colorado Plateau Sand Shrubland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Land cover and other classes (68)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Developed, High Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Summer: nests here, in all 55 counties.

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.

Chimney Swift uses many habitats in West Virginia; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 104

Plants 303

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in West Virginia

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 89

Plants 192

All of dry forests and woodlands in West Virginia

Streams, rivers and their banks

Birds 100

Plants 232

All of streams, rivers and their banks in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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