Bird
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.
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
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.
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.
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.
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- American HornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- American SycamorePlatanus occidentalis
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Three Birds OrchidTriphora trianthophora
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Amsonia ludovicianaAmsonia ludoviciana
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- River BirchBetula nigra
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Bladder SedgeCarex intumescens
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
Wildlife 265
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Harris's Sparrow Avoids forest interior
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)













































