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Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

A winter visitor to West Virginia, found in all 55 counties and 9 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
9

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
9
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 9

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

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Moist forests

Woods Scene
WinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove 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.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

WinterSouthern 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.

WinterCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems

Hemlock forests

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

WinterAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moderately dry forests

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

WinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Rich cove forests

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

WinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Spruce-fir forests

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

Winter

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian 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.

WinterDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (22)

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 (9)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
Northeast (3)
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Acadian-Appalachian Montane Spruce-Fir Forest Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter.
Midwest (2)
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter.
Land cover and other classes (8)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Winter: 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 87

Plant genera in its diet records (16)
  • Acer 2 diet records. 12 native plants in West Virginia
  • Cornus 2 diet records. 5 native plants in West Virginia
  • Juniperus 2 diet records. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Amelanchier 1 diet record. 6 native plants in West Virginia
  • Ceanothus 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Fraxinus 1 diet record. 5 native plants in West Virginia
  • Hibiscus 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Malus 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Pinus 1 diet record. 6 native plants in West Virginia
  • Prunus 1 diet record. 10 native plants in West Virginia
  • Rhus 1 diet record. 7 native plants in West Virginia
  • Rubus 1 diet record. 17 native plants in West Virginia
  • Sambucus 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Solanum 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Sorbus 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Symphoricarpos 1 diet record. 3 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.

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 77

Plants 192

All of dry forests and woodlands in West Virginia

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 92

Plants 303

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in West Virginia

Tree plantations and managed pine

Birds 51

Plants 1

All of tree plantations and managed pine in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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