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Dickcissel

Spiza americana

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 3 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 3

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

1 of 3

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

Prairies and grasslands

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

SummerWest 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.

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (22)

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

Elsewhere in the South (6)
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer.
Midwest (1)
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Land cover and other classes (15)
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
  • Recently Burned Summer.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer.
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 38 of 64 parishes.
  • Summer: nests here, in 37 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

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 179

Plants 20

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Louisiana

Prairies and grasslands

Birds 69

Plants 160

All of prairies and grasslands in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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