Bird
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.
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.
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.
Other habitats in its models (1)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.
Land cover and other classes (1)
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
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.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Birds 169
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
Plants 20
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- BagpodGlottidium vesicarium
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Ditch FimbryFimbristylis schoenoides
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Birds 85
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
Plants 162
- Mudbank CrowngrassPaspalum dissectum
- Clasping-leaf PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Slim SpikerushEleocharis elongata
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- Common BladderwortUtricularia macrorhiza
- Leafy BladderwortUtricularia foliosa
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Black Tern Elevation up to 1,540 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)
































