Bird

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

Lives in Louisiana all year and nests here. Found in all 64 parishes, across 7 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 7

Male Loggerhead Shrike, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Diana, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 72525493. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 7
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 7

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

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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.

SummerWinter

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

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

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.

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-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.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier

Prairies and grasslands

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

SummerWinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; 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.

SummerWinterDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (44)

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

Elsewhere in the South (19)

Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer and winter.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer and winter.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
South Florida Pine Rockland Summer.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Summer.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.

Northeast (2)

Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.

Midwest (3)

North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer and winter.

Land cover and other classes (20)

Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter.
Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer and winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

Year-round: nests here, in all 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.