Bird

Purple Martin

Progne subis

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 3 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 3

Male Purple Martin, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Brent Cox, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 400658385. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 3
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 3

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

1 of 3

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

SummerAtlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Other habitats in its models (29)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
Developed, High Intensity Summer.
Barren Land Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Recently Logged Areas Summer.
Recently Burned Summer.
Recently Burned Forest Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.