Bird

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 55 counties, across 15 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 15

Male Dark-eyed Junco, whole bird — **Male**. no rights reserved. CC0. iNaturalist photo 25954434. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 15
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

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.

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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.

SummerWinter

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; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerWinterCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

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.

SummerWinterNorth-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus; Southern Interior Acid Cliff

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

Moist forests

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

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Mountain balds

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

SummerWinterSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

Rich cove forests

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

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades.

SummerWinter

Spruce-fir forests

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

Summer

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerWinterCumberland Riverscour

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.

SummerDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (103)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer and winter.
Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer and winter.
North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer and winter.
Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Summer and winter.
Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Winter.
Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Summer and winter.
Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Winter.
Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer and winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer.
Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Winter.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer and winter.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer and winter.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer.
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.