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Harris's Sparrow

Zonotrichia querula

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 2 of 64 parishes and 6 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
2 of 64 parishes
Habitats
6

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
2 of 64 parishes
Habitats
6
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 6

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

1 of 6

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.

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

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

WinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterCultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

WinterDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (37)

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

  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
  • Southwestern Great Plains Canyon Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland 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 Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Winter.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Greasewood Flat Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 2 of 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 210

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

Wildlife 265

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.

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