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Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in all 64 parishes and 10 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
10

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
10
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 10

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

1 of 10

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
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 DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874)The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

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

Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

WinterTexas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough

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
Other habitats in its models (34)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

In Louisiana 3

  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (14)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
Land cover and other classes (17)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood 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.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

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

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 53

Plant genera in its diet records (15)
  • Sorghum 4 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Avena Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Murdannia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Secale Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Triticum Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Zea Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Alopecurus 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Amaranthus 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Louisiana
  • Chenopodium 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Fragaria Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Helianthus 1 diet record. 16 native plants in Louisiana
  • Polygonum 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
  • Prunus Fruit. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Louisiana
  • Rubus Fruit. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Louisiana
  • Sporobolus 1 diet record. 12 native plants in Louisiana

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 107

Plants 267

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Louisiana

Swamps

Birds 118

Plants 237

All of swamps in Louisiana

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 128

Plants 84

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources