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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

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

Moist forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 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.

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.

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

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Summer: nests here, in 33 of 55 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 629

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

Wildlife 164

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.

Sources