Bird
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 5 habitats.
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 5

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 5
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Louisiana 5
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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.
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.
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.
Other habitats in its models (66)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Summer.
- Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
- Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Seasons in Louisiana
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 9 of 64 parishes.
- Summer: nests here, in all 64 parishes.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 367
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- American ElmUlmus americana
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Longleaf SpikegrassChasmanthium sessiliflorum
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- American BeechFagus grandifolia
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- American HollyIlex opaca
Wildlife 207
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Hooded Warbler Elevation up to 1,200 m
- 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)














































