Bird
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 4 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 4
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At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 4
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in West Virginia 4
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
1 of 4
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
Other habitats in its models (6)
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 (2)
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
Midwest (1)
- Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (3)
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Seasons in West Virginia
- Summer: nests here, in all 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 103
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
Plants 303
- Peach Leaf WillowSalix amygdaloides
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. spathulataRudbeckia fulgida var. spathulata
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Spreading SedgeCarex laxiculmis
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Smooth Hedge-nettleStachys tenuifolia
- Common Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Virginia Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum var. connatum
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
Streams, rivers and their banks
Birds 99
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great EgretArdea alba
Plants 232
- Sandbar WillowSalix interior
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Sand GrapeVitis rupestris
- Tall Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis
- Twisted SedgeCarex torta
- Earlyleaf BromeBromus latiglumis
- Greenfruit Bur-reedSparganium emersum var. acaule
- Ferris Scouring RushEquisetum × ferrissii
- Ozark Tassel-rueTrautvetteria applanata
- Virginia Sida; Virginia Mallow; Virginia FanpetalsRipariosida hermaphrodita
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Grass-leaved Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia graminifolia
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Birds 120
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- King RailRallus elegans
Plants 12
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Intermediate Spike RushEleocharis intermedia
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- White WillowSalix alba
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Willow Flycatcher Elevation up to 850 m
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)