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Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 11 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
11

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
11
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 11

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

1 of 11

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River SwampJoseph 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.

SummerUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune)

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.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain 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.

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerOnly within 2,000 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Prairies and grasslands

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

SummerOnly within 2,000 m of water.West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie; Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerOnly within 2,000 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (68)

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

In Louisiana 1

  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
Elsewhere in the South (26)
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southern Interior Acid Cliff Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
Northeast (5)
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Midwest (8)
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (28)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, only within 2,000 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 64 parishes.
  • Summer: nests here, in 3 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 153

Plants 958

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Louisiana

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 124

Plants 267

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Louisiana

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 179

Plants 20

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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