WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Dendroica kirtlandii | Kirtland's Warbler 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The summer range of the Kirtland's warbler stretches east-west from
Kazabazua, Quebec, to Spooner, Wisconsin, a distance of about 750 miles
(1,250 km).  The north-south extension is about 130 miles (215 km).  At
the center of this region lies the only known breeding range for the
species, near Mio, Michigan, with an east-west range of about 70 miles
(115 km), and a north-south range of about 35 miles (60 km). The
Kirtland's warbler has been found in the following Michigan counties:
Alcona, Alpina, Clare, Crawford, Iosco, Kalkaska, Montmorency, Presque
Isle, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Roscommon, and Wexford [22].

The winter range of the Kirtland's warbler in the Bahamas and nearby
islands stretches from Abaco Island in the north to the Caicos Islands
in the south; a east-west range of about 400 miles (670 km), and a
north-south range of about 365 miles (600 km).  The winter range may
extend further west into Mexico.  Sightings of a male and an immature
female have been reported near Veracruz, Mexico [1].  After leaving the
Bahamas the Kirtland's warbler migrates in a northwest direction through
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio
before reaching Michigan [22].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
FRES10 White-red-jack pine


STATES : 


    
MI
    
WI
	



    
ON
    
PQ





BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     1  Jack pine
    15  Red pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
The Kirtland's warbler nesting habitat is predominately an overstory of
jack pine (Pinus banksiana) with a few scattered species of red pine
(Pinua resinosa), and eastern white pine (Pinus strobus).  Most of the
other tall woody plants are deciduous, more often occurring as tall
shrubs than trees.  The most common are:  northern pin oak (Quercus
ellipsoidalis), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), pin cherry (Prunus
pennsylvanica), and serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) [15].  The most
common ground cover species include bluestem grass (Andropogon spp.),
sedge (Carex spp.), wild oatgrass (Danthonia spicata), goldenrod
(Solidago spp.), blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), reindeer moss (Cladonia
rangiferina), bearberry (Artostaphylus uva-ursi), cherry (Prunus spp.),
sweet-fern (Myrica asplenifolia), and blackberry (Rubus spp.)
[11,15,22].


REFERENCES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Dendroica kirtlandii | Kirtland's Warbler