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Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

Lives in Louisiana all year and nests here. Found in 20 of 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
20 of 64 parishes
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
20 of 64 parishes
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

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.

SummerWinter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (12)

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

Land cover and other classes (12)
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer and winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Year-round: nests here, in 13 of 64 parishes.
  • Summer: nests here, in 13 of 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.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 139

Plants 958

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Louisiana

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 169

Plants 20

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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