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Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Passes through Louisiana on migration. Found in all 64 parishes, across 10 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
10

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
10
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 10

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

1 of 10

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

SummerUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Upper Texas Coast Beach; Louisiana Beach; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

Summer

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.

Summer

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

SummerOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie; Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (99)

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

Elsewhere in the South (55)
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Summer.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Summer.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer.
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Southeast Florida Beach Summer.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Interior Acid Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southwest Florida Beach Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northeast (7)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Midwest (7)
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (30)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Barren Land Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 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.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 153

Plants 958

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Louisiana

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 139

Plants 84

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Louisiana

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 179

Plants 20

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources