Bird

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 16 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 16

Male Eastern Kingbird, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Daniel S. Katz, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 517306327. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 16
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 16

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.

Summer

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.

SummerCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central 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

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

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

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; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Mountain balds

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

SummerSouthern 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.

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; 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.

Summer

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

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems

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

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

Ponds, lakes and their shores

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

SummerBeside its main habitat.Open Water (Fresh)

Other habitats in its models (216)

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

Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Summer, beside its main habitat.
Barren Land Summer, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer, beside its main habitat.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
South Florida Pine Rockland Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer.
Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Summer.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer.
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.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly 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.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly 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.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer.
Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer.
Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer.
Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer, beside its main habitat.
Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Recently Logged Areas Summer.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
Recently Burned Forest Summer.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer.
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Summer.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
South Florida Cypress Dome Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer, beside its main habitat.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
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.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.