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Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 55 counties, across 9 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
9

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
9
Habitat models
Year-round

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.

1 of 9

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Year-roundCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Dry forests and woodlands

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Hemlock forests

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moist forests

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Rich cove forests

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration

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.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine
Other habitats in its models (87)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round.
  • Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Year-round.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Year-round.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round.
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Year-round.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Year-round.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Year-round.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Year-round.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Year-round: nests here, in 34 of 55 counties.
  • Summer: nests here, in 37 of 55 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 591

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 197

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in West Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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