Bird

Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 55 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 3

Male Horned Lark, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Brandon Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 620571216. 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: 3
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 3

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

1 of 3

Mountain balds

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

SummerWinterSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; 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

Other habitats in its models (35)

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

Barren Land Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer and winter.
Louisiana Beach Summer and winter.
Southeast Florida Beach Summer and winter.
South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer and winter.
Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer and winter.
Southwest Florida Beach Summer and winter.
Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.