Bird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in 3 of 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 3 of 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 2

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 3 of 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 2
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Louisiana 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Other habitats in its models (5)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.
- Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
- Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Seasons in Louisiana
- Summer: nests here, in 3 of 64 parishes.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 174
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
- Amsonia ludovicianaAmsonia ludoviciana
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- River BirchBetula nigra
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Bladder SedgeCarex intumescens
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- American HornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- American SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
Wildlife 231
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Black-chinned Hummingbird Elevation 0 to 2,121 m
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)












































