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Swainson's Warbler

Limnothlypis swainsonii

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in 33 of 55 counties, across 7 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
33 of 55 counties
Habitats
7

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
33 of 55 counties
Habitats
7
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 7

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

1 of 7

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; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Moist forests

Woods Scene
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic 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.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest

Hemlock forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moderately dry forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Rich cove forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest
Other habitats in its models (60)

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 (42)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
Northeast (2)
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (16)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Summer: nests here, in 33 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 92

Plants 303

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in West Virginia

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 77

Plants 192

All of dry forests and woodlands in West Virginia

Moist forests

Birds 62

Plants 328

All of moist forests in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources