Acadian Flycatcher in Louisiana

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 5

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

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SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874)*The Land of Evangeline*, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

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.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerOnly within 500 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerOnly within 500 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (59)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (31)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
South Florida Cypress Dome Summer.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Summer.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.

Northeast (3)

Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.

Land cover and other classes (25)

Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
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.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

Migratory: does not nest here, in 24 of 64 parishes.
Summer: nests here, in 56 of 64 parishes.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, 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.