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Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Passes through Louisiana on migration. Found in all 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 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.

1 of 2

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)
Other habitats in its models (1)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.

  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 215

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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