Bird

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 5 habitats.

Here: Summer and on migration
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 5

Male Prothonotary Warbler, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Brent Cox, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 494048366. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer and on migration
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 5
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 5

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

1 of 5

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

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

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; 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

Moist forests

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

SummerOnly within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Other habitats in its models (56)

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

North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest 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.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Summer.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
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.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.