Bird

Blue-headed Vireo

Vireo solitarius

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in all 64 parishes and 8 habitats.

Here: Winter and on migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 8

Adult Blue-headed Vireo, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) Theo Rickert, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 287383526. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Winter and on migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 8
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 8

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

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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.

Winter

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.

Winter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods; Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterMississippi Delta Maritime Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland Depression

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerWinterDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (39)

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

Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer.
Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer and winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer and winter.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.