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Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 2 of 64 parishes and 4 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
2 of 64 parishes
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
2 of 64 parishes
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 4

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

1 of 4

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

WinterAtlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

Winter

Prairies and grasslands

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

WinterOnly within 1,000 m of water.West 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.

WinterOnly within 1,000 m of water.Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay
Other habitats in its models (25)

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

  • Florida Dry Prairie Winter, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

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

Also found in this habitat

Plants 169

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

Wildlife 244

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.

Sources