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Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in all 64 parishes and 9 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
9

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
9
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 9

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

1 of 9

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

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

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; 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.

WinterLower Mississippi River Flatwoods

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

WinterMississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterTexas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland

Swamps

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

WinterGulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland Depression
Other habitats in its models (35)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

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

Also found in this habitat

Plants 403

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 279

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.

Sources