Bird

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 6 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 6

Male Barn Swallow, whole bird — **Male**. (c) SteveM4560, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 375110519. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 6
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 6

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

1 of 6

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

SummerUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

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 500 m of water.Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerOnly within 500 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 (28)

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

Elsewhere in the South (9)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal 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 Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.

Northeast (1)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.

Land cover and other classes (18)

Barren Land Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Developed, High Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Developed, Medium Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Burned Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Burned Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Recently Logged Areas Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

Summer: nests 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.