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Wilson's Snipe

Gallinago delicata

Passes through West Virginia on migration. Found in all 55 counties, across 5 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 5

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

1 of 5

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.

Winter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterOnly within 60 m of water.Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (51)

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

  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 55 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 421

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

Wildlife 209

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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