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Purple Martin

Progne subis

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in 54 of 55 counties, across 2 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
54 of 55 counties
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
54 of 55 counties
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 2

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

1 of 2

Ponds, lakes and their shores

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

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)

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; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (30)

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 (10)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Northeast (1)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Midwest (1)
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer.
Land cover and other classes (18)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Barren Land Summer.
  • Developed, High Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
  • Recently Burned Summer.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Summer: nests here, in 54 of 55 counties.

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.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 89

Plants 905

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in West Virginia

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Birds 58

Plants 109

All of ponds, lakes and their shores in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources